During his long tenure at WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Alan Chartock has interviewed interesting people of every stripe. From Governors, Senators and top lawmakers, to newsmakers including World War II heroes and former UN weapons inspectors. Dr. Chartock has also had the chance for in-depth chats with artists, musicians, actors and directors...authors...you name it! Click the links at the right to listen to Alan Chartock Interviews. You'll need a Real Audio Player to listen.

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program for almost twelve years, higlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project on WAMC and offers commentary on other WAMC programs such as Midday Magazine.

NEW Dr. John Ratey
Dr. John Ratey is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In this hour long interview, Dr. Ratey discusses his most recent book, Spark: The revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.

Theodore Bikel
Folk singer; theater, film and television actor; radio host; president of Actors' Equity; political activist; Jewish spokesman, and author are some of the many careers to which Mr. Bikel can lay claim.

Nadav Tamir
Nadav Tamir is Consul General of Israel to New England. Tamir was born and raised in Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel. He began his career of public service in 1980 in the IDF, where he eventually served as a company commander and retired with the rank of Major.

Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman has at least three jobs: he is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University; Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics; and, perhaps his best-known job, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.

Alan Rosenthal
Alan Rosenthal has supervised comprehensive studies of legislative organization and procedures commissioned by the legislatures of Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, and Wisconsin and has worked with legislatures in 30 other states. His lesson, "Appreciating Democracy," is being used in high schools around the country.

Deval Patrick
From the South Side of Chicago to the highest levels of government to the boardrooms of two Fortune 500 companies, Deval Patrick has lived the American dream. Through almost four decades of that journey, the values, institutions, and people of the Bay State have been fundamental to his success. In this wide ranging interview, the first elected African-American governor in Massachusetts history reflects on his first year in office.

Leon Podles
Leon Podles is president of the Crossland Foundation and a contributing editor of Touchstone magazine. Among the numerous journals for which he has written are America, The American Spectator, Crisis, and American Enterprise. He is the author of Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church.

Jack Goldsmith
Jack Goldsmith is the author of The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration. He served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel from October 2003 through July 2004, and Special Counsel to the General Counsel to the Department of Defense from September 2002 through June 2003

Steve Kroft
Steve Kroft has been a correspondent on the CBS program "60 Minutes" for over 17 years. Kroft recently received the Medallion of the University at Albany, State University of New York – the institution’s highest honor, in recognition of his sustained commitment to the profession of journalism.

Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes
The co-authors of The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved Our Country--and Why it Can Again. The book is an inspiring and revelatory look at the document that has made our country the longest surviving democracy in the history of civilization: The Constitution of the United States.

Ruth B. Mandel
Ruth Mandel Ruth B. Mandel is Board of Governors Professor of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is an observer and analyst of American politics and emerging trends in leadership. She lectures and speaks frequently to a wide range of community, civic and academic audiences.

Helen Epstein
Helen Epstein is the author of five books of literary non-fiction including Children of the Holocaust, Where She Came From: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History and Joe Papp: An American Life. All three books were named New York Times Notable Books of the Year.

Av Westin
Av Westin is the former Senior Vice President of ABC News and a news producer with over 50 years in the business. He has won six Emmy awards, four Peabodys, and numerous other awards for his leadership in the field. He is now Executive Director of the National Television Academy Foundation.