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English, Talk, 1 season, 100 episodes, 3 days, 20 hours, 19 minutes
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WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with artists, politicians, writers, and people from various backgrounds to get to the heart of their lives, and contributions to the world.
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Eleanor Roosevelt - Declaration Of Human Rights Speech | The Power Of Words

WAMC's Alan Chartock hosts this encore Power of Words. Chartock speaks with Professor and Author Allida Black on First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's Declaration of Human Rights Speech. Photo courtesy of FDR Presidential Library & Museum/ WikiCommons.
6/30/202258 minutes, 30 seconds
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Author Amy Bass | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore program: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Amy Bass. Bass is a Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at New Rochelle College and Author of "One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together."Additionally, Bass is a WAMC commentator. Photo courtesy of Dr. Amy Bass.
6/23/202252 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Mount Sinai LHRC Director Dr. Mariana Figueiro | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Mariana Figueiro, Director of the Light and Health Research Center and Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Photo courtesy of The Mount Sinai Light and Health Research Center.
6/9/202257 minutes
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D-Day Over The Radio | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, in honor of Memorial Day we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau, about the infamous invasion during WWll. Photo courtesy of Flickr/DVIDSHUB.
6/2/202255 minutes
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Author Jesse Jarnow | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore broadcast. WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with longtime music journalist Jesse Jarnow. Jarnow is the author of the book, "Wasn’t That A Time: The Weavers, The Blacklist, and The Battle for the Soul of America." Photo courtesy of Da Capo Press.
5/26/202254 minutes
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Clarinetist, photographer, and author Arlene Alda | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with clarinetist, award-winning photographer, and author Arlene Alda about her book, "Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History." Photo courtesy of Henry Holt & Co. Publishing/ MacMillan Publishing.
5/19/202253 minutes
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Professor Dr. Jeff Miller | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Jeff Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at SUNY New Paltz. Miller is the Author of "Democracy In Crisis: Lessons From Ancient Athens." Photo courtesy of Dr. Miller.
5/12/202258 minutes
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Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, a Democrat who just began her third term.
5/5/202255 minutes
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Social worker and Holocaust survivor Hedi McKinley | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore interview. WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Hedi McKinley, Holocaust survivor, social worker, and long-time WAMC volunteer.
4/28/202253 minutes
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Author Joshua Rubenstein | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. Alan Chartock speaks with Joshua Rubenstein. Rubenstein is the author of "Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life." Photo courtesy of Yale University Press.
4/21/202255 minutes
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Author David Nasaw | WAMC's In Conversation With

A 2013 encore conversation with WAMC's Alan Chartock and Dr. David Nasaw, author of the New York Times best-selling book "The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy." Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House.
4/14/202254 minutes
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Award-winning director Arthur Penn | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with the late, award-winning director and producer Arthur Penn. Dr. Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn was most known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Photo courtesy of United Artists Corporation c. 1976.
4/7/202257 minutes
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Former BSO President and CEO Mark Volpe | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Mark Volpe, former President and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Volpe is a current professor, advisor and author. Photo: Marco Borggreve, courtesy of the BSO.
3/31/202256 minutes
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Author and criminologist William K. Black | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with William K. Black. Black is an associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC). He is Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Financial Regulation at the University of Minnesota Law School, and a white-collar criminologist. Alan and Professor Black discuss his book "The Best Way To Rob A Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry." Photo courtesy of University of Texas Press.
3/24/202258 minutes
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Author James Reston Jr. | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with James Reston Jr.. Reston is the author of "The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas."
3/17/202253 minutes
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Ukraine expert James Brooke | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Ukraine/Russia expert James Brooke, a veteran journalist and foreign affairs columnist who has worked for Voice of America, Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Berkshire Eagle, and more. Photo: WikiCommons.
3/3/202253 minutes
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Barbara Jordan’s 1976 keynote address to the DNC | Power Of Words

In honor of Black History Month we present an encore Power of Words: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with professor, author, activist Barbara Smith about Barbara Jordan’s keynote address to the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Photo: Barbara Jordan speaking at the 1976 DNC. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Warren K. Leffler.
2/10/202258 minutes, 30 seconds
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Osteopath and author Dr. Joseph Tieri | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an encore conversation with Dr. Joseph Tieri. Tieri is an osteopath and the author of “End Everyday Pain For 50+.” Photo courtesy of Ulysses Books.
2/3/202257 minutes
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Author Linda Marsa | WAMC's In Conversation With

Alan Chartock in an encore interview with Linda Marsa, author of “Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health – And How We Can Save Ourselves.” Photo courtesy of Linda Marsa.
1/27/202254 minutes, 30 seconds
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Author Stephan Talty | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Stephan Talty, author of “The Secret Agent: In Search of America’s Greatest World War II Spy.” Photo courtesy of Stephan Talty.
1/20/202253 minutes
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Professor Dr. Martin Meadows | WAMC's In Conversation With

We present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.
1/13/202253 minutes
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FDR: Four Freedoms Speech | Power Of Words

We present an encore 2011 Power of Words: WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Christopher Breiseth discuss FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech, delivered 81 years ago today – on January 6, 1941. Photo: WikiCommons/ BanyanTree.
1/6/202259 minutes, 30 seconds
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Psychiatrist Dr. Bick Wanck | WAMC's In Conversation With

An encore 2019 interview. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Psychiatrist and Author Dr. Bick Wanck about his book “Mind Easing: The 3 Layered Healing Plan for Anxiety and Depression.” Photo courtesy of Dr. Bick Wanck.
12/30/202153 minutes
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Folk icon Tom Paxton | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock in a 2004 interview with folk music legend Tom Paxton.
12/23/202155 minutes
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Psychiatrist Carlos Sluzki | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Carlos Sluzki MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University School of Medicine. Sluzki is Professor Emeritus of Global and Community Health and Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University; and the author of “The Presence of the Absent: Therapy with Families and their Ghosts.” Photo courtesy of Taylor & Francis.
12/16/202152 minutes
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FDR: Day of Infamy Speech | Power Of Words

WAMC and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust present an encore of The Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Author and Biographer Joseph Persico provide context and analysis of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy Speech. In addition, listeners will have an opportunity to actually hear the speech as it was delivered on December 8th, 1941.
12/9/202154 minutes, 28 seconds
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Musicians Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with two bluegrass legends, Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. Earl Scruggs died in 2012 while Ralph Stanley died in 2016. In the first interview, Alan talks with Earl and his wife Louise who died in 2006, followed by the interview with Ralph Stanley. Photo: Public Domain
12/2/202154 minutes
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Folk icon Arlo Guthrie | WAMC's In Conversation With

An encore 2015 In Conversation interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Icon Arlo Guthrie. The pair spoke at the Mahawie Theatre in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Alan and Arlo talk about the movie Alice’s Restaurant. Photo courtesy of Eric Brown
11/25/202158 minutes, 30 seconds
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Author James Reston Jr. | WAMC's In Conversation With

An encore interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaking with James Reston Jr. Reston is the author of “The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas.” Photo courtesy of James Reston Jr.
11/18/202153 minutes
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WWII veteran and musician Paul Elisha | WAMC's In Conversation With

We’re honoring Veterans with an encore In Conversation interview between WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Paul Elisha — a  WWII veteran, poet, professional musician, and longtime voice on WAMC who died in 2015 at age 92.
11/11/202158 minutes, 23 seconds
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Harry Truman: Truman Doctrine | Power Of Words

We present an encore Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Richard Pfau discuss President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine speech. Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Archive.
11/4/202157 minutes, 58 seconds
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Musician Roger McGuinn | WAMC's In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In A 2012 Conversation with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, folk musician and former member of The Byrds, Roger McGuinn. Photo courtesy of Roger McGuinn.
10/21/202155 minutes
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"The Killing Fields" journalist Sydney Schanberg and actor Sam Waterson | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock in a 2010 encore In Conversation, with the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg and actor Sam Waterston about “The Killing Fields,” the movie inspired by Schanberg’s coverage of the civil war in Cambodia during the 1970s. Photo credit Dith Pran.
10/7/202159 minutes
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Author Harold Holzer | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with well-known Lincoln scholar and prolific author Harold Holzer about his book, “The Presidents vs. The Press: The Endless Battle Between The White House And The Media: From The Founding Fathers To Fake News.“  Photo courtesy of Henry Ballone.
9/30/202153 minutes
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Author Scott McVay | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Scott McVay, author of “Surprise Encounters With Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things.” Photo courtesy of David Kelly Crow.
9/16/202155 minutes
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Director And Producer Arthur Penn | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore interview. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with the late, award-winning director and producer Arthur Penn. Dr. Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was most known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Photo courtesy of United Artists Corporation c. 1976.
9/9/202157 minutes
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Author Dr. Roger Landry | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Roger Landry about his book “Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.”  Photo courtesy of Dr. Roger Landry’s official Facebook page.
9/2/202155 minutes
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Grief Counselor And Author Claudia Coenen | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist. The pair discuss dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again. Photo courtesy of The Karuna Project
8/26/202154 minutes
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Dean Of Albany Medical College Dr. Vincent Verdile | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Vincent Verdile, Dean of the Albany Medical College.
8/19/202153 minutes
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David Kaczynski | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an award-winning encore conversation with David Kaczynski, the brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Kaczynski is the former Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty. Photo courtesy of Flickr/LightStamp.
8/12/202158 minutes
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Daniel Ellsberg | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Daniel Ellsberg. He is an activist, lecturer, author, and former U.S. military analyst. Ellsberg is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Photo courtesy of WikiCommons/Dr. Bernd Gross.
8/5/202157 minutes
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Bluegrass Legends Earl Scruggs And Ralph Stanley | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with two bluegrass legends, Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley. Earl Scruggs died in 2012 while Ralph Stanley died in 2016. In the first interview, Alan talks with Earl and his wife Louise who died in 2006, followed by the interview with Ralph Stanley. Photo courtesy of Public Domain Pictures.
7/29/202154 minutes
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Folk Legend Tom Paxton | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast from 2004. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Legend Tom Paxton. Photo courtesy of Alan Messer.
7/8/202155 minutes
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President And CEO Of The BSO Mark Volpe | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Mark Volpe, President, and CEO of The Boston Symphony Orchestra. Photo courtesy of the BSO.
7/1/202154 minutes
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Investigative Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Mary Beth Pfeiffer; an award-winning investigative journalist and author of the book Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change. Photo: Jim Smith Photography.
6/24/202158 minutes
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Berkshire Busk Festival Director Eugene Carr | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Eugene (Gene) Carr, the Festival Director of  Berkshire Busk, a new 10-weekend street festival in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The festival begins July 2nd and continues every Friday and Saturday evening until Labor Day weekend. Find out more at www.berkshirebusk.com. Photo courtesy of Eugene Carr.
6/17/202153 minutes
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WWII Veteran Richard Marowitz | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week in honor of Memorial Day, we bring you an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Richard Marowitz, a Jewish soldier in WWII. He found Hitler’s hat in the German dictator’s Munich apartment. (more…)
6/3/202157 minutes
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Author Peter Canellos | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with Peter Canellos, author of  “The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero.” (more…)
5/27/202153 minutes
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White-Collar Criminologist William K. Black | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with William K. Black. Black is an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC). He is also a Distinguished Scholar in Residence for financial regulation at the University of Minnesota Law School, and a white-collar criminologist. Black is the author of “How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S & L Industry.“ (more…)
5/13/202158 minutes
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Folk Icon Pete Seeger | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, in celebration of what would have been folk music icon Pete Seeger’s 102nd birthday we present an encore broadcast. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Pete Seeger in Pete Seeger: A Life Hour 2. (more…)
5/6/202158 minutes, 15 seconds
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Author Jim Haskell | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Jim Haskell. Haskell is the author of Two Tents: Twenty-One Years of Discovery on the Appalachian Trail. (more…)
4/29/202153 minutes
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Canadian Nephrologist And Author Dr. Jason Fung | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore broadcast with WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Jason Fung. Fung is a Canadian nephrologist and author who has written about intermittent fasting and how it helps reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Dr. Fung’s books include The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting, and The Diabetes Code. (more…)
4/15/202155 minutes
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Journalist Dr. Robert Miraldi | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore presentation of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Robert Miraldi. Miraldi is an award-winning Journalist, Professor, and Author of the book Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist. (more…)
4/8/202159 minutes
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Author Stephan Talty | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week we present an encore interview. WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock In Conversation with Stephan Talty, Author of The Secret Agent: In Search of America’s Greatest World War II Spy. (more…)
4/1/202153 minutes
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Author Dr. Roger Landry | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Roger Landry discussing his book Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging. (more…)
3/11/202155 minutes
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Hillary Clinton - Women's Rights Are Human Rights Speech | Power Of Words

This week, WAMC presents an encore Power of Words. In honor of Women’s History Month, WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock and Professor and Historian Dr. Allida Black discuss First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Women’s Rights are Human Rights speech in Beijing, China on September 5th, 1995. (more…)
3/4/202158 minutes, 59 seconds
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - I Have A Dream Speech | Power Of Words

This week, WAMC presents an encore Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock, speaks with H. Carl McCall and Dr. J. W. Wiley about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech. (more…)
2/25/202155 minutes, 30 seconds
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Author David Nasaw | WAMC's In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore In Conversation interview from 2013 with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Dr. David Nasaw. Nasaw is the author of the New York Times best-selling book The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy. (more…)
2/18/202154 minutes
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FDR: First Inaugural Address | Power Of Words

This week, we present an encore Power of Words with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Dr. David Woolner, Former Associate Professor of History at Marist College. The pair discuss Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on March 4th, 1933. (more…)
1/21/202154 minutes, 30 seconds
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Berkshire Columnist & Author Bernard Drew | WAMC's In Conversation With...

This week, we present an encore broadcast of WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock is in conversation with Author, Journalist, Editor, Columnist, and (unofficial) Berkshire Historian Bernard Drew. (more…)
1/14/202152 minutes
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FDR: Four Freedoms Speech | Power Of Words

This week we present an encore broadcast of a 2011 Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Christopher Breiseth discuss FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on January 6, 1941. (more…)
1/7/202159 minutes, 30 seconds
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Dwight D. Eisenhower – Farewell Address | Power Of Words

This week we present an encore airing from the Power Of Words series. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Author and Historian James Ledbetter about President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on January 17th, 1961. Photo Credit: Wikicommons.
12/31/202056 minutes
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Folk Icon Tom Paxton | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore 2004 In Conversation interview with WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock and Folk Legend Tom Paxton. Photo courtesy of Tom Paxton’s Official Facebook Page
12/24/202055 minutes
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Creative Grief Counselor & Author Claudia Coenen | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week on WAMC’s In Conversation With, Dr. Alan Chartock speaks with creative grief counselor Claudia Coenen. Coenen is a certified Thanatologist, and the author of Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again. Her new book is The Creative Toolkit.
12/17/202054 minutes
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FDR – Day Of Infamy Speech | Power Of Words

This week, we present an encore airing of the Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with the late, best-selling author Joseph Persico. The pair discuss President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy speech after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
12/10/202054 minutes, 28 seconds
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Pearl Harbor Over The Radio | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore airing of the documentary Pearl Harbor Over The Radio. WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau. The pair guide Alan through a series of audio clips that capture how Americans heard the news of Pearl Harbor over their radios.
12/3/202059 minutes
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Folk Icon Arlo Guthrie | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week, we present an encore interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Folk Icon Arlo Guthrie. The pair spoke in 2015 at the Mahaiwie Theatre in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They discuss the movie Alice’s Restaurant.
11/26/202058 minutes, 30 seconds
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Historian Dr. Richard Pfau On The Truman Doctrine | The Power Of Words

We present an encore Power of Words, WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Richard Pfau discuss President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine speech. In addition, listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on March 12th, 1947.
11/19/202057 minutes, 58 seconds
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WAMC Contributor & WWII Veteran Paul Elisha | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week on WAMC’s In Conversation With, we’re honoring veterans with an encore interview between WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Paul Elisha. Elisha was a WWII veteran, poet, professional musician, and longtime voice on WAMC. He died in 2015 at the age of 92.
11/12/202059 minutes, 29 seconds
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Author Joseph Persico | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week, we bring you an encore interview with Dr. Alan Chartock speaking with the late Joseph Persico. Persico is the best-selling author of Roosevelt’s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory During WWII.
11/5/202055 minutes
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WAMC’s In Conversation With: Bennington College President Laura Walker

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Laura Walker, President of Bennington College.
10/29/202056 minutes
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WWII Veteran Richard Marowitz | WAMC’s In Conversation With

On this week’s WAMC In Conversation With… We have an encore airing of Dr. Alan Chartock’s conversation with Richard Marowitz. Marowitz was a Jewish soldier in WWII, who found Hitler’s Hat in the German dictator’s Munich apartment.
10/22/202057 minutes
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Author Joshua Rubenstein | WAMC’s In Conversation With

This week we present an encore interview, Dr. Alan Chartock in Conversation with Author Joshua Rubenstein. Rubenstein discusses his book Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life.
10/15/202055 minutes
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New York Times Best-Selling Author Dr. David Nasaw | WAMC’s In Conversation With

A 2013 encore In Conversation interview with WAMC’s Dr. Alan Chartock, and Dr. David Nasaw, author of the New York Times best-selling book The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy.
10/8/202054 minutes
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Alan Chartock Speaks With Author Of Surprise Encounters, Scott McVay | WAMC’s In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Scott McVay, Author of Surprise Encounters With Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things. (An encore airing)
10/1/202055 minutes
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Award-Winning Journalist, Professor And Author Dr. Robert Miraldi | WAMC’s In Conversation With

Alan Chartock is in Conversation with Dr Robert Miraldi; Award-Winning journalist, professor and author of the book Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist.
9/25/202059 minutes
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Berkshire Columnist And Author Bernard Drew | WAMC’s In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Author, Journalist, Editor, Columnist, and (unofficial) Berkshire Historian Bernard Drew.
9/19/202052 minutes
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Award-Winning Photographer And Author Arlene Alda | WAMC’s In Conversation With

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with clarinetist, award-winning photographer and author Arlene Alda about her latest book Just Kids from the Bronx.
9/10/202053 minutes
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Alan Chartock Speaks With Former U.S. Military Analyst Daniel Ellsberg | WAMC’s In Conversation With

In an encore conversation, WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with activist, lecturer, author, and former U.S. military analyst Daniel Ellsberg; who is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
9/4/202057 minutes
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WAMC’s In Conversation With: Preeminent Lincoln Scholar And Author Harold Holzer

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with well-known Lincoln Scholar and prolific author Harold Holzer about his new book; “The Presidents vs. The Press: The Endless Battle Between The White House And The Media: From The Founding Fathers To Fake News.”
8/27/202053 minutes
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The Power Of Words: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Declaration Of Human Rights Speech

WAMC’s Alan Chartock hosts this special Power of Words program with Professor and Author Allida Black. Black discusses First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Declaration of Human Rights Speech.
8/24/202058 minutes, 30 seconds
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Roger Landry

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Roger Landry about his book Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.
8/1/202055 minutes
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WAMC’s In Conversation With: Cara Robertson, Author Of The Lizzie Borden Trial

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Cara Robertson, Author of The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story.
7/23/202051 minutes
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WAMC’s In Conversation With: Architect, Artist, Author And Activist Beverly Willis

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Architect, Artist, Author and Activist Beverly Willis.
7/16/202053 minutes
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WAMC’s In Conversation With: Ilana Steinhauer, Executive Director of Volunteers In Medicine Berkshires

WAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With Ilana Steinhauer, Executive Director of Volunteers In Medicine Berkshires. You can learn more at https://vimberkshires.org/ 
7/9/202057 minutes
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Four Freedoms Speech | WAMC’s In Conversation With

An encore 2011 Power of Words, on this program WAMC’s Alan Chartock and Historian Dr. Christopher Breiseth discuss FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech. Listeners will hear the speech as it was delivered on January 6, 1941.
7/4/202059 minutes, 30 seconds
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Joseph Tieri, Osteopath And Author

WAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With Dr. Joseph Tieri. Dr. Tieri is an osteopath and author of End Everyday Pain For 50+, A 10 Minute-A-Day Program of Stretching, Strengthening, and Movement to Break the Grip of Pain.
6/30/202057 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Jason Fung, Canadian Nephrologist And Author

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian nephrologist and author who has written about intermittent fasting and how it helps reverse type 2 diabetes. Dr. Fung’s books include: The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting and The Diabetes Code.
6/18/202055 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With: D-Day Invasion During WWII

In honor of D-Day we present an encore of Alan Chartock’s In Conversation interview with Dr. Ivan Steen and Dr. Ann Pfau along with sound clips of how American’s heard about the D-Day invasion during WWII as the news broke over the radio.
6/12/202055 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Harvard Professor Dr. Thomas Patterson

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Thomas Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Alan and Professor Patterson discuss his book Is the Republican Party Destroying Itself?
5/28/202059 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Architect, Artist, Author And Activist Beverly Willis

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Architect, Artist, Author and Activist Beverly Willis.
5/26/202053 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Martin Meadows

An encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.
5/14/202053 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Jesse Jarnow, Author Of “Wasn’t That A Time”

WAMC’s Alan Chartock in an encore conversation with longtime music journalist Jesse Jarnow. Jesse’s new book is, “Wasn’t That A Time: The Weavers, The Blacklist, and The Battle for the Soul of America.”
5/10/202054 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Author James Reston, Jr.

WAMC’s Alan Chartock  is In Conversation With (an encore interview) James Reston Jr., Author of The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald and The Real Target in Dallas.
4/30/202053 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Holocaust Survivor And Social Worker, Hedi McKinley

An encore interview: WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Hedi McKinley, Holocaust survivor, Social Worker and long time WAMC volunteer. Hedi celebrated her 100th birthday on April 15, 2020.
4/27/202053 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Claudia Coenen, Creative Grief Counselor And Author

WAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation with Claudia Coenen, a creative grief counselor and certified Thanatologist on dealing with grief. Claudia is the author of two books: Shattered by Grief: Picking Up the Pieces to Become Whole Again; and her new book  The Creative Toolkit will be released July 1st. You can find out more […]
4/16/202054 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Author And WWII Prison Camp Survivor Loet Velmans

An encore airing of Alan Chartock’s 2004 In Conversation interview with Loet Velmans; a Sheffield, Massachusetts resident who passed away in 2016. Loet did hard time in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War; and went on to become Chief Executive Officer of the Hill & Knowlton public relations firm. Alan speaks with […]
4/6/202053 minutes, 57 seconds
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Investigative Journalist And Author Mary Beth Pfeiffer

An encore airing of WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Mary Beth Pfeiffer; Award-winning investigative journalist and author of the  book Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change.
3/26/202058 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Bard College Professor And Author Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

WAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation with Dr. Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, the Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College; Distinguished Fellow in the Bard Prison Initiative and author of Liberating Minds: The Case For College In Prison.
3/13/202055 minutes
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WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation With Dr. Ron Edsforth, Professor Of History And Peace Studies

WAMC’s Alan Chartock is In Conversation With Dr. Ronald Edsforth, a Professor of History and Peace Studies; and author of “The New Deal: America’s Response to the Great Depression.”
3/2/202053 minutes