WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show
Leonard Lopate brings a diverse collection of great thinkers and talkers together for smart, unpredictable conversations. This daily program from WNYC, New York Public Radio is more like eavesdropping on a great dinner conversation than your usual talk radio show. Includes MP3 Podcast enclosure.
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Toxic Waters (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg discusses his series "Toxic Waters," about the state of drinking water in the United States, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s negligence in enforcing the Clean Water Act. You can read the series here.
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Bad Lieutenant (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
Director Werner Herzog latest film, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," a re-imagining of Abel Ferrara’s 1992 film “Bad Lieutenant.” It stars Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh, a drug-addled detective investigating the murder of five African immigrants. "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orlea …
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Sonata Mulattica (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and musician, discusses Sonata Mulattica: Poems. It tells the story of the 19th-century virtuoso violinist, George Polgreen Bridgetower, who was friends with Ludwig van Beethoven until a rivalry for the same woman drove them apart.
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Please Explain: Strokes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
On today’s Please Explain, we take a close look at strokes—the causes, effects, and therapeutic and medical advances that help people recover. We'er joined by Dr. Randolph S. Marshall, chief of the Division of Stroke, Columbia University Medical Center, and Dr. Jay P. Mohr, Daniel Sciarra Professor …
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Acid Test (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009)
Sigourney Weaver and Lisa Suatoni, senior scientist in the Natural Resources Defense Council’s oceans program, discuss the documentary "Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification." The film, produced by the NRDC, is narrated by and includes commentary by Sigourney Weaver and looks at how …
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The Arabs: A History (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009)
Historian Eugene Rogan traces five centuries of Arab history, from the Ottoman conquests through the British and French colonial periods and up to the present age. In The Arabs: A History, seeks to change our understanding of the past, present, and future of one of the world’s most tumultuous region …
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Let It Bleed (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009)
Author and photographer Ethan Russell tells about his experience as one of only sixteen people--including the band itself--who made up the 1969 Rolling Stones tour, which ended with a stabbing death at Altamont, bringing the idealistic 1960s to a close. His book Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Alt …
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Underreported: China's Gulag Prison System (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009)
President Obama was in China this week and he did speak out on the country’s human rights record. On today’s first Underreported segment, we’re taking a look at China’s expansive prison system, formerly called Laogai. We’ll examine how it was modeled after the Soviet gulag system and the accusations …
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Underreported: Yemen's Civil War (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009)
On today’s second Underreported we’ll look at the civil war in Yemen and accusations that Iran is waging a proxy against Saudi Arabia by supporting the rebels. We’ll be joined by Foreign Policy magazine’s Blake Hounshell.
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Elvis Costello (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 November 2009)
Elvis Costello performs live! He’ll also talk about his long career in music and about hosting the second season of the critically acclaimed music/talk show "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." on the Sundance Channel. The season premieres Wednesday, December 9, and includes one-on-one interviews, pa …
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Henry Selick and His Animated Films (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 November 2009)
Henry Selick, director of the animated features "Coraline," "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and "James and the Giant Peach," and creator of the animated sequences in Wes Anderson’s "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," gives us a rare look at his creative process. Events: The Museum of the M …
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The End (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 November 2009)
Salvatore Scibona discusses his debut novel The End, which was nominated for a National Book Award. It tells the story of a deeply hidden secret in an Italian immigrant enclave in northern Ohio.
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The Gurus of How-To (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 November 2009)
Alvin and Larry Ubell, the Gurus of How-To, answer your questions about home repair. Call 212-433-9692 with your questions, or leave a comment below. The Ubells' Accurate Building Inspectors Website.
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The Sellout (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)
Investigative journalist and CNBC contributor Charles Gasparino examines the most volatile, anxiety-ridden era in our nation's recent socioeconomic history. The Sellout traces the implosion of the financial services business back to its roots in the late 1970s, when Wall Street embraced a new busine …
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Arts Education and Graduation Rates (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)
A new study by the Center for Arts Education has found that schools that have increased access to arts education programs also have higher graduation rates. We’ll talk with Richard Kessler, CAE's Executive Director, and Doug Israel, Director of Research and Policy. Read the report here.
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Far North (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)
Marcel Theroux talks about his latest novel Far North. It is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist, and tells the story of one man’s quest through an unforgettable arctic landscape, from humanity’s origins to its possible end.
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Why Architecture Matters (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)
Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger, who writes for The New Yorker, discusses the world of architecture. In Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture, he looks at skyscrapers, museums, airports, monuments, suburban shopping malls, and white-brick apartment houses …
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Clean Energy, Common Sense (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 November 2009)
Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, discusses her book Clean Energy, Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change, which challenges Americans to embrace clean and sustainable energy. Find out more about the book here. Event: Frances Beinecke …
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The Original of Laura (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 November 2009)
Vladimir Nabokov’s biographer Brian Boyd and graphic designer Chip Kidd, describe turning Nabokov’s 138 hand-written index cards for his last, unfinished novel into book form. That book, The Original of Laura, has now been published, 30 years after it was written. Event: Brian Boyd and Chipp Ki …
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 November 2009)
Rebecca Miller talks about adapting her novel The Private Lives of Pippa Lee for the screen. The film, which she also directed, stars Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Blake Lively, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, and Julianne Moore, among others. It tells the story of Pippa Lee, who is only fifty when her …
WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show
