The Roundtable

Albany, NY – Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand is running for Congress in the 20th district of New York. She joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the war in Iraq, energy policy, and her reasons for running.

Albany, NY – Joe Donahue speaks with jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli in advance of his appearance at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival.

Albany, NY – Tom Raleigh is running for the Democratic nomination in New York's 21st Congressional District against incumbent Michael McNulty. Alan Chartock asks him about his reasons for running, the war in Iraq, and the role of money in politics in this week's Congressional Corner.

Albany, NY – Joshua Davis was an average Joe at a crossroads: determined to be the best in the world at something - anything - Josh decided to comb the corners of the pseudo-sport world to find his hidden talent.

After a stint as a 128 pound sumo-wrestler, a valiant attempt at bull fighting, and some limited success as a nationally ranked arm wrestler, Joshua Davis found his niche as a writer for Wired Magazine.

Albany, NY – Science writer Sy Montgomery talk with WAMC's Joe Donahue about a very special pig that she raised and was a cornerstone of the community.

Albany, NY – The co-chairs of the September 11th Commission, Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean and Former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton have written the new book, Without Precedent: the Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.

The two write about the challenges of completing their work on the commission with little money, a tight timeline, constant wrangling to gain access to classified documents, and the necessity of forging a consensus among Republican and Democratic commissioners.

Albany, NY – The co-chairs of the September 11th Commission, Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean and Former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton have written the new book, Without Precedent: the Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.

Yesterday they told us about some of the inner workings of the commission, what their challenges were and what in their minds went right...and what went wrong.

Albany, NY – It has been nearly 25-years since Harold Kushner's classic book was published - When Bad Things Happen to Good People." Years later, her continues to write about problems that many of us deal with.

His latest is: "Overcoming Life's Disappointments," in which he looks at the life of Moses as a framework for how to meet disappoinment with faith in ourselves and our future.

WAMC's Joe Donahue spoke with Kushner about how he came to this subject...