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.De către WAMC

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 Bas…

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, a Democrat who just began her third term.De către WAMC

This week we present an encore interview. WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Hedi McKinley, Holocaust survivor, social worker, and long-time WAMC volunteer.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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, 20…

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.De către WAMC

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…

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."De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

This week we present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Peter Canellos. Canellos is the author of "The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero." Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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.…

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

We present an encore broadcast: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with Dr. Martin Meadows, Professor and Philippines internment camp survivor during WWII.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

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.De către WAMC

WAMC's Alan Chartock in a 2004 interview with folk music legend Tom Paxton.De către WAMC