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WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show: Episodes

Sam Tanenhaus looks at the history of the American conservative movement and how it has split into two factions: consensus-driven "realists" and "revanchists" who distrust government and society. In <em>The Death of Conservatism,</em> he examines these two groups and argues that the true role of ...
<em>Gourmet</em> magazine editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl, talks about how the way we cook has changed more in the last 10 years than in the entire history of American food. The new cookbook <em>Gourmet Today</em> reflects the way we want to cook <em>now. </em>
<p><a class="more" href="http://www.wnyc.org/files/lopate/recipes092209.pdf">Recipes ...
Folk and American music luminary Geoff Muldaur, discusses the album, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Sheiks-Geoff-Muldaur/dp/B002H3ET96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1253563703&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks,</a> a memorial for Texas guitarist/songwriter Stephen Bruton.<div ...
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his latest PBS series, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/" target="_blank">"The National Parks: America’s Best Idea."</a> He’s joined by Dayton Duncan, co-producer of the series, and Shelton Johnson, a park ranger in Yosemite National Park to discuss ...
Lorrie Moore discusses her first novel in 15 years, <em>A Gate at the Stairs,</em> a post-9/11 coming of age story set in a Midwestern college town.
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<em>Event:</em> Lorrie Moore will be reading and answering questions<br />
Monday, September 21, at 7:00 pm<br />
Barnes & Noble Union Square <br />
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Isabella Rossellini talks about <a href="http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/" target="_blank">Green Porno,</a> wonderfully odd, funny short films about the strange acts of love that happen in the depths of the ocean, rarely seen by the human eye. The videos are on DVD for the first time, with ...
After addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the leaders of the world’s largest economies will head to Pittsburgh later this week for the G20 summit. John Authers, Investment Editor for the <em>Financial Times,</em> explains which issues they’ll talk about. And we’ll find out how President ...
This week will be a busy one for the world’s leaders. First, they’ll gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Neil MacFarquhar, UN Bureau Chief for the <em>New York Times,</em> joins us for a preview of the meeting and the issues that will be on the agenda – from the disputed ...
You may have noticed that leaves have started turning, marking the end of summer. On today’s <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/explain.html" target="_blank">Please Explain</a> we'll find out why leaves change color and everything else about trees, with Jessica Argate, Forest Manager, New York ...
All this week we're telling the stories behind the unraveling of our financial system in two minutes or less. A year ago today talk began of a government bailout for the financial industry in the form of a sweeping 3-page memo that covered a $700 billon proposal. This segment contains excerpts from an ...
William D. Cohan, author of <em>House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street</em> revisits the economic crisis, the bailout, and looks at where we are now, a year after the failure of Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, the bailout of AIG, and the start of the recession.
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Walter Liedtke, Curator in the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of European Paintings, discusses the exhibition <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={EC38F2E1-BA19-4D5F-845F-A5C44CB90A9E}&HomePageLink=special_c1a" target="_blank">"Vermeer’s Masterpiece <em>The Milkmaid.</em>"</a> ...
WNYC culture is exploring how New York commutes. Visit WNYC's <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/doortodoor" target="_blank">Door to Door</a> project where you can watch some video profiles of commuters and listen to other WNYC segments in the series.
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Tracy Fitzpatrick explains how New York City’s ...
Humor writer Paul Rudnick takes a close look at all manner of subjects: from living in a series of increasingly bizarre apartments in New York City to cavorting with his artist friends to dealing with showbiz personalities to the finer points of coping with one's family. His new book of essays is <em>I ...
Earlier this week French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that his country would now be taking happiness and well-being into account when it calculates its Gross Domestic Product. Ben Hall Paris correspondent for the <em>Financial Times</em> explains how this change will affect France’s GDP and ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder tells the story of Deo, an immigrant from Burundi who came to America with nothing in search of a new life and eventually became a doctor. Kidder’s book <em> Strength in What Remains</em> is about one man’s remarkable American journey and of the ordinary ...
Over 100 million Americans are “underbanked”—meaning they either cannot access or choose not to use traditional financial services offered by mainstream banks. Instead, they turn to alternatives like check cashing services, prepaid cards, and payday loans. On today’s first Underreported Melissa ...
All this week we’re telling the stories behind the unraveling of our financial system in two minutes or less. Today, we look at the credit freeze. This segment contains excerpts from an interviews we conducted with Margaret Atwood and <em>The New Yorker’s</em> John Cassidy. You can hear the full ...
James P. Othmer, an award-winning creative director and copywriter for more than twenty years, takes a look at advertising and its influence on our lives in <em>Adland: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet.</em>
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<em>Event:</em> James Othmer will be participating in an Adweek panel ...
Our Word Maven, Patricia T. O’Conner, answers questions about the English language and grammar. An updated and expanded third edition of her book <em>Woe is I</em> has just been published. Call us at 212-433-9692 or leave a question below.
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Visit Patricia T. O'Conner's <a href="http://www.grammarphobia.com" ...
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