The Roundtable

This month, we speak with Jesse Feiler about "Consumerization," BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology and BYOD – Bring Your Own Device - the trend of encouraging people to use their own devices and technologies under the corporate IT umbrella.

This is the Computerworld article we refer to in the segment.

Helen Cha-Pyo, celebrating 10 years as Director of The Empire State Youth Orchestra, joins us to preview their June 3rd concert in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood and their upcoming tour in China and Korea.

Budget negotiations have become ground zero for partisan standoffs. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that bipartisan agreement in the House is a rarity when it comes to spending.

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.