1) Coauthor Henry Beard discusses his book, "Encyclopedia Paranoiaca." 2) Ray Lopex is helping people with asthma in low-income housing decontaminate their homes from mold. 3) Peter Ubel discusses how making critical health care decisions should be a collaborative effort in his book, "Critical Decisions."
Doctors Timothy Lynch and Matthew Adamo of Albany Medical Center join host Bob Barrett to discuss epilepsy, including detection, treatment, and attitudes about the condition.
1) Kelley Scanlon, an epidemiologist at the CDC, discusses a study on infant feeding practices and the introduction of solid foods prematurely. 2) Joe Balintfy explains a study correlating getting an insufficient amount of food with muscle weakness, exhaustion, and low stamina. 3) Dr. Abdhish Bhavsar discusses age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and prevention.
1) Dr. Jason Cohen, critical care physician and Iraq War medic, discusses the treatment for injured patients after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. 2) Sgt. Matthew Pennington, an Iraq War veteran, speaks about his experience in the war and post-traumatic stress. 3) Public health nurse Amy Gastelum talks about fear and working in an unsafe New York City neighborhood.
1) Sakeenah Francis and daughter Anika Francis discuss their book, "Love's All That Makes Sense," about Sakeenah's schizophrenia. 2) Anne Garrels reports on how pay inequity and lack of paid parental leave in the United States affects American families.
1) Neil Sondheimer discusses the purpose and advances of newborn screening for diseases, including testing DNA and genome sequencing. 2) Joe Balintfy reports on cancer screening. 3) Teri Lazzara reads her essay about a family member with terminal cancer.
1) Curt Nickisch reports on Lyme disease vaccines. 2) Dave Lucas reports on new recommendations for New York drug laws that would shift drug policy from a criminalization-based to a public health-based approach. 3) Jamie MacKenzie discusses his book, "Saying Good-bye to Your Prostate," a humorous perspective on living with prostate cancer.
1) Sandra Raymond discusses Lupus, an autoimmune disease. 2) Artist Jon Joyce has Down syndrome and is the caretaker of his aging 94-year old mother, Colleen Udis produces the story. 3) Sandy Daigler discusses weight loss.
1) Dr. Mary Rogers talks about Clostridium difficile (C. difficile). 2) A group of women speak about their diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. 3) A commentary from storyteller Judah Leblang about juggling doctor appointments.
Joe Donahue interviews David Sheff about addiction in America, and his book, "Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy." They discuss Sheff's experience with his son's drug addiction.
1) Maya Silver and father Marc Silver discuss their book, "My Parent has Cancer and it Really Sucks," about teenagers with parents who have cancer. 2) Rebecca Sheir reports on musicians who are hearing impaired.
1) Joe Donahue speaks with Richard Besser about his book, "Tell Me the Truth Doctor." 2) Abbie Fentress Swanson reports about the health concerns of raw milk cheese. 3) Joanne Silberner compares her breast cancer experience with that of a woman in Uganda.
In the last installment of the Health Show, the producers, Bob Barrett and Dr. Nina Sax, review some standout segments. 1) From 2008: Dr. Nina Sax discusses breast cancer. 2) From 2009: Bob Barrett speaks with Dr. Donald A. Henderson about eradicating smallpox. 3) From 2006: Bob Barrett talks to a group of people with terminal cancer.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Daily Gazette Editor Judy Patrick discuss the coverage of the school shooting in Newtown, CT, and read listen's letters about publishing graphic photographs.
In an end of the year show, Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, and Judy Patrick talk about the biggest stories and biggest mistakes of 2012 and the controversy over a newspaper publishing a list of gun owners.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Judy Patrick discuss the Journal News publishing the names and addresses of legal, handgun permit holders, and how the media covers healthcare stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld discuss ESPN sportscaster Brent Musburger's reaction to a video of Miss Alabama, continue the discussion of publishing the names of gun owners, and look at Al Jazeera's takeover of Current TV.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss Rosemary developing an investigative journalism curriculum in Tunisia, the continuing controversy over publishing public records and names of victims, and the depth of reporting in the Manti Te'o story.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss the future of newspaper paywalls, the sandbag strategy, the effects of discontinuing Saturday deliveries on the industry, and other news stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss the State of the Union, the New York Times tightening its paywall, and how mobile phones and the Internet continue to impact print journalism.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, Ira Fusfeld discuss the New York Times' sale of the Boston Globe and other properties, why people fake letters to the editor, and monetizing digital content.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss verification of facts and quotes in journalism, and, the behaviors of television viewers, and other news stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss Bob Woodward's claims the White House threatened him, Albany Times Union's new printing press, a Pew study about Twitter, and bylines for women journalists.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao continue to discuss Bob Woodward's claims, Google Glass, sports news and advertising, and other news stories
Rex Smith, Ira Fusfeld, and Rosemary Armao discuss a study on the impact of cuts on the news industry, how to cover rape suspects and victims, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss rape cases in the media, diversity within news sourcing and comments on women in the news, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Poughkeepsie Journal Editor Stu Shinske discuss female political candidates, a broadcast journalist held in contempt for refusing to reveal a source, performance-based pay in media, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss accuracy of coverage with the Boston Marathon bombing, a comparison of the Daily News and the New York Post, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld hear from a listener, discuss language use in broadcast media, the Koch brothers bid for a newspaper company, and the AP hacking story.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss the Koch brothers' prospective involvement with the newspaper industry, politics in newspapers, NBA player Jason Collins coming out, reporting the names of suicide victims, and when it is irresponsible to print police movements.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss coverage of the Benghazi consulate attack, Steven Brill's feature on health care costs in Time magazine, media apologies of the week, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss media issues at a live taping before a studio audience at Union College's Nott Memorial. They discuss reporting stories concerning national security, freedom of the press, how women are portrayed in media, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Ira Fusfeld, and Daily Gazette Editor Judy Patrick discuss Vice President Biden cancelling the annual summer party for journalists, the Chicago Sun Times lays off photographers, MSNBC slips on breaking news, and other stories.
College of St. Rose Professor, and former TV News Director, Paul Conti joins Alan Chartock and Rex Smith on the show. They discuss Americans confidence and trust in newspapers, the future of journalism and monetization of online content, popularity of public relations in communication studies, and other stories.
Rex Smith, Ira Fusfeld, and Judy Patrick discuss figures from the Census including the number of loss jobs and other demographics in the newsroom. They also discuss news literacy, politicians' use of the press, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Paul Conti discuss coverage of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a study finds Americans want to be informed about current events, assessing readership trends, Tribune Company to buy 19 television stations for $2.7 billion, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Ira Fusfeld, and Albany Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain discuss coverage of Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner running for office, what makes a journalist, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Judy Patrick discuss Rolling Stone Magazine's controversial cover photo, George Zimmerman's attorney plans to sue NBC, whether Jenny McCarthy's views should prevent her from co-hosting The View, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss coverage of Anthony Weiner's mayoral race, distinguishing between editorial and advertisements in newspapers, newspapers cutting back days of publication, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Judy Patrick discuss the Anthony Weiner scandal, inappropriate interview questions, media and publication cutbacks, and crime reporting.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss Amazon's Jeff Bezos takeover of The Washington Post and the Boston Globe, and a new round of Gannett layoffs.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Judy Patrick discuss current political campaigns, encrypted communication between journalists and sources, The San Francisco Chronicle drops its paywall, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss coverage of baseball player Alexander Rodriguez, another National Public Radio (NPR) CEO resigns, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss computer security, data backup and encryption, anonymous reader comments on websites, newspaper editorials, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss use and monetization of mobile media, the media's mistakes in the Navy Yard shooting, accuracy of reporting, and ethics in journalism.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss Popular Science magazine eliminating comments, stalling numbers of TV and newspaper subscribers, demographics of news audiences, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss the Washington Post sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, new offices of Syracuse Media Group, nonprofit journalism sites, and other stories
Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, and Vice President for New England Newspapers Kevin Moran discuss the new generation of journalism, fact checking, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss media coverage of the federal government shutdown, moderating reader comments, a federal appeals court rejects an appeal by the writer in a leak case, Shield laws, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Poughkeepsie Journal Editor Stu Shinske discuss takeovers of newspaper companies, digital new content, reporting errors that get people fired, and other stories.
Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, and Ira Fusfeld discuss a new magazine reaching out to older readers, presentation of news including video, journalism coverage of bullying and suicide, and other stories.
Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, and Ira Fusfeld discuss media coverage of the Toronto Mayor's admission that he smoked crack cocaine, independent travel and restaurant reviews on Yelp and Traveler magazine, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss media coverage of problems with the Affordable Health Care Act, 60 Minutes apologizes for its reporting on Benghazi, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss accuracy in reporting, 60 Minutes' Lara Logan and her producer are put on leave after their report on Benghazi, controversy over publishing mug shots, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss an editorial about the state of media industry, perceptions about journalists, the release of the Newtown school shooting 911 tapes, Martin Bashir's resignation from MSNBC, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss President Obama taking a selfie with the British and Danish Prime Minister, Putin scraps Kremlin news agencies, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Judy Patrick discuss media errors of 2013, sexism in the media, getting information from police incident reports, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss the biggest stories of the year in news and whether American Hustle is accurate to the real Abscam story.
Alan Chartock, Mike Spain, and Judy Patrick discuss the newspaper industry's recovery from the recession, young people going into journalism, and other stories.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Martin Amis, about his latest novel, "Lionel Asbo: State of England," which centers around a thuggish, yet endearing antihero named Lionel Asbo. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1261.)
Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Chabon, about his latest novel, "Telegraph Avenue." The book focuses on two friends and a used vinyl store called Brokeland Records in 2004 Oakland, CA. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1265.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Ben Schrank about his new novel, "Love Is a Canoe." Set in Millerton, New York, the book is about the fragility of marriage. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1302.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Rilla Askew about her new novel, "Kind of Kin." The book investigates how sweeping agenda-driven legislation affects real individual lives. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1298.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Michael Connelly about his new novel, "The Black Box," which stars Los Angeles Police Department detective, Harry Bosch. The book is set in the midst of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1299.)
Part 1 of 2: Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Richard Russo, about his new memoir, "Elsewhere: A Memoir." The personal account of his childhood and life takes place in the upstate town of Gloversville, New York. (Re-aired on The Book Show #1306 and #1307.)
Part 2 of 2: In an extended conversation with Richard Russo and Joe Donahue, Russo speaks at length about his childhood, his complicated relationship with his mother, and other topics that he has written about in, "Elsewhere: A Memoir." (Re-aired on The Book Show #1306 and #1307.)
Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning humorist, Dave Barry, about his new novel, "Insane City," where the main character in the book travels to Florida for a destination wedding.
Joe Donahue speaks with writer Tracy Kidder and his former editor, Richard Todd, about their new book, "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction. Stories and Advice from a Lifetime of Writing and Editing." The book explores three major non-fiction forms, narratives, essays, and memoirs.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Robert Crais about his new novel, "Suspect." The story involves a Los Angeles police officer tracking down his late partner's murderer with the help of a military canine.
Joe Donahue speaks with award winning author and MacArthur Fellow, George Saunders, about his new collection of short stories, "The Tenth of December."
Joe Donahue speaks with Daniel Klein about his new publication, "Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life." In the book, the author describes his journey to Greece and his coming to terms with aging.
Joe Donahue speaks with award winning novelist and poet Stephen Dobyns about his new thriller, "The Burn Palace," which takes place in the small town of Brewster, Rhode Island.
In a live audience recording, Joe Donahue speaks with author Jodi Picoult about her new novel, "The Storyteller." The book is about a young woman who is faced with a moral dilemma after she befriends an elderly man with a marred past.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Tara Conklin about her debut novel, "The House Girl." The book intertwines the story of an escaped house slave in 1852 Virginia with that of a young lawyer in contemporary New York.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Elizabeth Graver about her new novel, "The End of the Point." Set in Buzzard's Bay from 1942 to 1999, the book traces a family's journey through the latter half of the 20th Century.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Meg Wolitzer about her new novel, "The Interestings." The story explores the friendship and coming-of-age of six artistic friends that meet one summer at camp.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Manil Suri about her new novel, "The City of Devi," set in Mumbai. In the book, a wife tries to find her missing husband as India and Pakistan are on the verge of nuclear war.
Joe Donahue speaks with Cheryl Strayed, author of The New York Times bestseller, "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail." The memoir documents Strayed's solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail after the death of her mother.
Joe Donahue speaks with PEN/Faulkner Award winning author, James Salter, about his new novel, "All That Is: A Novel." Set in the years after World War II, the book is about a former naval officer turned book editor who is betrayed by the woman he loves.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Ann Hood about her new novel, "The Obituary Writer." The book intertwines the story of two women, the first an obituary writer from San Francisco in 1919 and the second a young wife living in Washington D.C. during the 1960s.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Michael Connelly about his new novel, "The Black Box," which stars Los Angeles Police Department detective, Harry Bosch. The book is set in the midst of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1279.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Zadie Smith about her novel, "NW," a tragi-comic story that follows four Londoners, Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan, as they settle into adulthood outside of Caldwell. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1268.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Alafair Burke about her novel, "If You Were Here: A Novel of Suspense," where a Manhattan journalist, McKenna Jordan, chases a story that leads her to a close friend who disappeared a decade earlier.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Ben Schrank about his new novel, "Love Is a Canoe." Set in Millerton, New York, the book is about the fragility of marriage. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1277.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Neil Gaiman about his novel, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane," a tale of mystery, survival, memory, and magic which makes the impossible all too real. This show is recorded before a live audience in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Ellis about his novel, "Revolutionary Summer," which tells an old story in a new way about the summer months of 1776.
Joe Donahue speaks with author Clive Cussler about his popular NUMA series and underwater hero Dirk Pitt. Cussler's new book is "Zero Hour: A Novel from the NUMA Files."
Part 1 of 2: Joe Donahue speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Richard Russo, about his new memoir, "Elsewhere: A Memoir." The personal account of his childhood and life takes place in the upstate town of Gloversville, New York. (Originally aired on The Book Show #1281 and #1282.)
Part 2 of 2: In an extended conversation with Richard Russo and Joe Donahue, Russo speaks at length about his childhood, his complicated relationship with his mother, and other topics that he has written about in, "Elsewhere: A Memoir." (Originally aired on The Book Show #1281 and #1282.)
Joe Donahue speaks with author Kelly Braffet about her novel, "Save Yourself," a story of a group of characters each seeking their own warped version of peace.
