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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The Restored Red Shoes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 09 November 2009)
Thelma Schoonmaker, the widow of Michael Powell, and Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor, discusses Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece "The Red Shoes." For the film, they created an original ballet from scratch and cast an actual ballerina in the lead. A new 35mm print of "The Re …
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Thomas Hampson (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 09 November 2009)
Baritone Thomas Hampson is an artist, educator, communicator, and music advocate. He discusses being the New York Philharmonic's first Artist-in-Residence, and the Hampsong Foundation, which is devoted to using the art of the song to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding. Event: Thom …
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Ray Davies (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 09 November 2009)
Ray Davies, of The Kinks, talks about his solo career and his debut album "The Kinks Choral Collection." He will be performing at Town Hall November 19 and 20 with the Dessoff Chamber Choir. More information and tickets here.
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The Royal Family on Broadway (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 06 November 2009)
Jan Maxwell and Rosemary Harris discuss their roles in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s "The Royal Family." It’s playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, through November 29. More information and tickets here.
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Hafez Nazeri (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 06 November 2009)
Thirty-year-old Iranian musician Hafez Nazeri, called Iran's most influential young composer, talks about his career and "The Rumi Symphony Project," the first Iranian headline concert at Carnegie Hall. Hafez Nazeri is performing in "The Rumi Symphony Project," November 14, at 8:00 pm at Carnegie Ha …
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Carole King (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 06 November 2009)
Legendary singer-songwriter Carole King discusses her environmental activism and her work on behalf of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA). She’ll also talk about her career in music. Find out more about her projects here.
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Please Explain: Alcohol (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 06 November 2009)
Our latest Please Explain is all about alcohol--what it is and how it works.
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Googled (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 05 November 2009)
New Yorker columnist Ken Auletta tells the story of the digital media giant Google. In Googled: The End of the World as We Know It, he looks into the company’s rise, and how it is changing traditional media, from newspapers to television to advertising to telephones. Event: Ken Auletta will be i …
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Ayn Rand (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 05 November 2009)
Anne C. Heller, discusses Ayn Rand, author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and individual rights. Heller’s book Ayn Rand and the World She Made is a portrait of Ayn Rand’s life, from her childhood in Russia to her years as a Hollywood scre …
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Joe Papp and the Public (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 05 November 2009)
Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan tells the story of how Joe Papp made American theatrical and cultural history. Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told is the oral history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater, two landmarks of Am …
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Voting on Gay Marriage (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 05 November 2009)
Alan Van Capelle, Executive Director of Empire State Pride Agenda, explains how Tuesday’s results from Maine and Washington State will shape the debate on gay marriage both here in New York and around the country.
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Underreported: Foreign Countries and Lobbying (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 05 November 2009)
Countries such as Honduras and Sudan have come under fire recently for hiring PR and lobbying firms to make the case for them to American lawmakers. We’ll speak with Ken Silverstein, Washington Editor for Harper’s about how foreign governments use lobbying firms in Washington D.C. to advance their a …
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The Audacity to Win (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 04 November 2009)
David Plouffe, the architect of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, discusses the campaign’s strategies and how they changed the face of politics. His book The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory tells the inside story of the campaign and reveals how di …
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La Danse (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 04 November 2009)
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman talks about, "La Danse: the Paris Opera Ballet," a portrait of the legendary dance troupe. The film opens at Film Forum November 4-17.
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Wilderness in New York City (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 04 November 2009)
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz tells us where hidden pockets of wilderness exist within New York City. Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City’s Parks, written by Phillip Lopate, shows a collection of Meyerowitz'a photographs of the city’s parks, shorelines, and forests. Event: Joe …
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The Ascent of Money (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 04 November 2009)
Renowned historian Niall Ferguson looks into the history of money and how it makes the world turn. In The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, he tells the human story behind the evolution of the world’s financial system, from its origins in Mesopotamia to the latest economic upheavals …
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Sarah from Alaska (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 03 November 2009)
Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, reporters covering Sarah Palin’s vice presidential campaign, give us an account of the popular Alaska governor’s meteoric rise when she was named John McCain’s running mate and the complicated aftermath of that campaign. Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brut …
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Lit (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 03 November 2009)
Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club, about her hardscrabble Texas childhood, and Cherry, her account of her adolescence new memoir, discusses her new memoir, Lit, a frank account of her descent into addiction and her struggles to overcome alcoholism and depression. Event: Mary Karr will be readi …
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Wishful Drinking (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 03 November 2009)
Carrie Fisher tells us about adapting her book "Wishful Drinking" for the stage. Her one-woman show "Wishful Drinking" is playing at the Roundabout theater’s Studio 54 through January 3, 2010. More information and tickets here.
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Willem Dafoe (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 03 November 2009)
Actor Willem Dafoe discusses starring with Charlotte Gainsbourg in Lars von Trier’s film "Antichrist," and about his role in Richard Foreman’s surrealist play "Idiot Savant," now playing at the Public Theater. More information and tickets here.
WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show
