WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show: Episodes
<p>Pasta is a staple of Italian food, but noodles are also an important part of Asian cuisine. Pasta is versatile, comes in hundreds of shapes and sizes, and on this week’s Please Explain we’ll find out how it’s made and ways to cook with it. Joining us: <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Ron+Palladino">Ron ...
<p><a href="http://www.roscoebetsill.com/" target="_blank">Food stylist</a> <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Roscoe+Betsill">Roscoe Betsill</a> shares the tricks of his trade and explains what food stylists do to make foods look fresh and delicious in photographs.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wnyc_lopate/~4/nLRgEbKiTMY" ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Danny+Meyer">Danny Meyer</a>, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Maialino, Blue Smoke, The Modern, and more, talks about the food that the chefs make for one another—the staff “family meal.” It is simple, often improvised, but special enough to please ...
<p>Stand-up comedian <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Jim+Gaffigan">Jim Gaffigan</a> examines all the joys and horrors of life with his five young children and talks about his comedy career. His new book, <span class="book"><a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038534905X/wnyc-20"><em>Dad ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Alan+Cumming">Alan Cumming</a> discusses his acclaimed one-man production of Shakespeare’s “<a href="http://www.macbethonbroadway.com/" target="_blank">Macbeth</a>.” The action is set in a clinical room deep within a dark psychiatric hospital. Cumming ...
<p>Colin Quinn talks about “<a href="http://colinquinnunconstitutional.com/" target="_blank">Colin Quinn Unconstitutional</a>,” a new comedy written that he wrote and stars in. On May 25, 1787, 55 delegates in wigs and tights sat down to create a country from scratch. Quinn offers his unique comedic ...
<p>Actress <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Cicely+Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a>, director <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Michael+Wilson">Michael Wilson</a>, and <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Hallie+Foote">Hallie Foote</a> (Horton’s daughter) discuss Horton Foote’s “<a href="http://thetriptobountifulbroadway.com/#sthash.2rliKYRj.dpbs" ...
<p>In their documentary “<a href="http://www.bidder70film.com/" target="_blank">Bidder 70</a>,” <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Beth+Gage">Beth Gage</a> and <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=George+Gage">George Gage</a> tell the story of <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Tim+DeChristopher">Tim ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Dave+Bry">Dave Bry</a> discusses the many things he’s sorry for, and how he’s come to grip with his past and his regrets. In <span class="book"><a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1455509167/wnyc-20"><em>Public ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Raymond+Sokolov">Raymond Sokolov</a> became food editor of the <em>New York Times</em> in 1971, and he discusses his long, memorable career as restaurant critic, food historian, and author. In <span class="book"><a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Lauren+Graham">Lauren Graham</a> talks about her career as an actress—from "Gilmore Girls" to "Guys and Dolls" to "Parenthood"—and her new novel, <span class="book"><a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345532740/wnyc-20"><em>Someday, ...
<p>Reporter <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Andrew+Revkin">Andrew Revkin</a>, who writes the Dot Earth blog for the <em>New York Times</em>, talks about having a stroke 22 months ago. His article "<a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/my-stroke-of-luck/?ref=science" target="_blank">My ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Jared+Cohen">Jared Cohen</a>, the director of Google Ideas and a former adviser to secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, takes on some of the toughest questions about our future: Who will be more powerful in the future, the citizen or the ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Michael+Kamber+">Michael Kamber </a>interviewed photojournalists from many leading news organizations to create a comprehensive collection of eyewitness accounts of the Iraq War—<span class="book"><a href="http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/kampho" ...
<p>Science journalist <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Jessica+Wapner">Jessica Wapner</a> tells the story of how an accidental discovery of what's called the Philadelphia chromosome was the starting point of modern cancer research In <em>The Philadelphia Chromosome</em>, Wapner reconstructs more ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Buddy+Miller">Buddy Miller</a> and <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Jim+Lauderdale">Jim Lauderdale</a> discuss their new record “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Buddy-Jim-Miller-Lauderdale/dp/B009KFJ05C/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1368206813&sr=1-1&keywords=Buddy+%26+Jim" ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Leslie+Woodhead">Leslie Woodhead</a> reveals how the music of the Beatles played a major role in waking up an entire generation of Soviet youth, opening their eyes to 70 years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianism. In <span class="book"><a title="buy ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Robin+Shulman">Robin Shulman</a>, author of <span class="book"><a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307719065/wnyc-20"><em>Eat the City</em></a></span>, talks about the fishers, foragers, butchers, ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Lou+DiPalo">Lou DiPalo</a>, third-generation expert olive oil importer and the co-owner of <a href="http://www.dipaloselects.com/" target="_blank">Di Palo Fine Foods</a> in New York City, and <a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Nancy+Harmon">Nancy Harmon</a><span> ...
<p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/r/?n=Simon+Morrison">Simon Morrison</a> reveals the life story of the composer Serge Prokofiev’s wife, Lina. In <span class="book"><a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0547391315/wnyc-20"><em>Lina & ...