The Roundtable

We speak with Enrico Moretti about The New Geography of Jobs.

Jack Hitt is a contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, and public radio’s This American Life. He also writes for Rolling Stone, GQ, Wired, and, Garden & Gun. We speak with him about his new book,Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
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We speak with Oscar-winning documentarian, Charles H. Ferguson (Inside Job), about Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America.

Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral’s novel Chopsticks is an inventive interactive novel that will have readers flipping through the pages as they try to make sense of a young piano prodigy’s mental melt down. In this unique and compelling piece, they the immerse readers in Glory’s life, and beautifully weave words with photographs and paintings.

Music:  Los Gatos Salvajes - La Respuesta

Johnny Irion stops by to tell us about his show at The Guthrie Center this Friday, a new record he's working on with his wife, Sarah Lee Guthrie (being produced by Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco) and to play Riverside Rocker live in studio.

We speak with Taras Grescoe about his book, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile.

Mitt Romney and President Obama get most of the attention, but it’s a full ballot this fall. In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that the GOP threatens the future of Social Security and Medicare.

Jenny Brown tells us about the new Bed and Breakfast at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary and their upcoming Veg-Curious? event on June 2nd. The speakers at the event will be Jenny, Kris Carr, Sharon Gannon, and Will Tuttle.

Donna Hassler, the Director of Chesterwood and Rich Bradway - Car Show Event Chair and Chesterwood Advisory Council Member, join us to talk about the Antique & Classic Automobile Show taking place on Sunday, May 27th and other exciting events coming up this summer.

Chesterwood is located in Stockbridge, MA, opens to the public on Memorial Day Weekend, and stays open through Columbus Day. Grounds open at 10am with buildings open from 11am-4pm every day including holidays.

Washington Irving and Thurber Prize winning author, Christopher Buckley, has a new book called They Eat Puppies, Don't They?: A Novel.