The Roundtable

Amy Lane is back in Studio A with another great list of reading suggestions.

List:
In One Person by John Irving
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Bringing Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss by Marty Appel
Engines of Changes: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

We speak with Peter Schiff about his new book, The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy---How to Save Yourself and Your Country.

Segment from the audio book courtesy of Macmillan Audio.

Soul singer-songwriter, Bettye LaVette, will perform at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA on May 26^th.

President Obama recently visited Albany, his third trip to the Capital Region since taking office. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the high-profile event means New York’s tech industry is attracting national attention.

We welcome Mallory McDuff and speak about her book, Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protect Earth's Climate.

We welcome journalist and author, Laney Salisbury, who will become visiting assistant professor of journalism at the University at Albany this fall.

We welcome Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group, and speak with him about his book, Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World

We welcome Joe Jackson and speak with him about his book, Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic.

In this week’s “Classical Music According to Yehuda”  segment, Dr. Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue their discussion of the Gypsy influence on classical music, hearing Brahms’ piano quartet in D minor’s final movement.