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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 ra


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Daniel Schorr on 50+ Years of Covering Politics (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 04 July 2008)
NPR’s Daniel Schorr has covered politics in print throughout the administrations of twelve presidents! His new book of political analysis past and present is Come to Think of It: Notes on the Turn of the Millennium. ...

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[ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Gonzo Life of Hunter S. Thompson (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Alex Gibney received the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary with “Taxi to the Dark Side.” His newest documentary, “Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,” is the definitive film biography of this mythic American writer. It opens July 4 at the Angelika and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. ...

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[ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Tough Lives of Wyoming’s Oilmen (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Colton H. Bryant was a Wyoming roughneck in his mid-20s who, in 2006, fell to his death on an oil rig owned by Patterson-UTI Energy. In The Legend of Colton H. Bryant. Alexandra Fuller exposes the tough, unpredictable lives of Wyoming’s oilmen and the toll exacted on their families. ...

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[ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Dee Dee Myers on Why Women Should Rule the World (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 04 July 2008)
Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers thinks that women should rule the world. In her new book, Why Women Should Rule the World, Ms. Myers explains why she says that with women in charge, businesses would be more profitable, communities would be healthier, and politics would be more collegial. ...

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[ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Two Army Veterans Speak Out Against the Iraq War (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 03 July 2008)
Two Army veterans discuss their public opposition to the Iraq War. Sergeant Matthis Chiroux served in the Army for over four years until he received an honorable discharge last summer. He was recently stop-lossed, but has publicly refused to deploy to Iraq. Captain Luis Carlos Montalván, served in the Army for 17 years, and witnessed first-hand the enormous extent of corruption in Iraq. ...

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[ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:01 GMT ]


The Hearts and Minds of Iraqi Civilians (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 03 July 2008)
Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges spent a year interviewing over fifty veterans of the Iraq War to uncover how Iraqi civilians have suffered at the hands of American troops. Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians details how civilians are routinely shot to death at checkpoints, run over by military convoys, and terrorized by late-night detentions. ...

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[ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Legendary Artist Gary Panter (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 03 July 2008)
Gary Panter has been one of the most influential figures in visual art since the mid-1970s. Gary Panter is the definitive volume on his work: from his record covers for Frank Zappa to his production design on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.” ...

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[ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Underreported: Nurse-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 03 July 2008)
By 2020, it’s estimated that the US will be short 1 million nurses! On Underreported, Suzanne Gordon, of the University of Maryland and UCSF Schools of Nursing, and John Buchanan, Director of the Workplace Research Group at the University of Sydney, discuss how nurse-patient ratios are partly responsible for the nurse shortage, and how that ratio needs to change in order to attract and retain more nurses. They are co-authors of Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-patient Ratios and the Future of Heal...

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[ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Tell No One (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 02 July 2008)
Guillaume Canet discusses adapting and directing Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel, Tell No One, for the silver screen. The thriller has already received critical and commercial success in France. It’s the story of a pediatrician who, still devastated by the savage murder of his wife, receives an anonymous email that leads him to believe she may still be alive. “Tell No One” opens July 2 at Cinema 1,2,3 and the Landmark Sunshine Cinema. ...

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[ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:06 GMT ]


International AIDS Prevention Efforts (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 02 July 2008)
The Bush administration has committed 45 billion taxpayer dollars to international AIDS programs. And while there is more funding for AIDS programming than ever before, epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani believes that the money doesn’t go to the people who need it most. Her new book is The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS. ...

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[ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:06 GMT ]


Lee Child’s 12th Jack Reacher Novel (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 02 July 2008)
Lee Child’s Jack Reacher mystery books are enormously popular. The 12th novel in the series, Nothing to Lose, finds the ex-military policeman uncovering a plan that involves the war in Iraq and an apocalyptic sect bent on ushering in the end of the world. Event: Lee Child will be speaking and signing books Thursday, July 10 at 8 pm Borders Books 461 Park Avenue (at 57th Street) ...

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[ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Would You Survive? (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 02 July 2008)
Most people have fantasized about what it would be like to go through a disaster and whether they would survive. Using respected science and real stories, Amanda Ripley illuminates these two questions in The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why. ...

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[ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Coming-of-Age in Mexico City (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008)
Liza Monroy’s debut novel, Mexican High, is the coming-of-age story of the daughter of an American diplomat living in Mexico City. It’s also a revealing look at elite Mexican society. Event: Liza Monroy will be speaking and signing books Tuesday, July 1 at 7 pm Barnes & Noble Upper West Side 2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street) ...

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[ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02 GMT ]


The Lyme Disease Epidemic (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008)
The Center for Disease Control estimates that there are over 200,000 new cases of Lyme disease a year. Pamela Weintraub, whose entire family contracted the disease, explains why it has exploded and what can be done to stop it in Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic. Events: Pamela Weintraub will be speaking and signing books Saturday, July 12 at 1:00 pm Ridgefield Library 472 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT Pamela Weintraub will be speaking and signing books Friday, July 18 at 7:00 pm Borders 162...

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[ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:59 GMT ]


65 Years of Golden Books (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008)
Leonard S. Marcus, author of Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along the Way, discusses a new exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (212 West 83rd Street) called “Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books.” The exhibit features sixty masterpieces of original illustration art from America’s best loved book lines, Little Golden Books®. ...

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[ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:56 GMT ]


Political Projections: Commander in Chief (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 01 July 2008)
As Commander in Chief, the President of the United States controls the Army, Navy, Air Force, and state militias. On this month’s Political Projections, we look at how Hollywood has taken on this specific function of the President. Robert Sklar is Professor of Cinema in the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Geoffrey Perret is an award-winning author of books on military history and presidential biographies, most recently Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, ...

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[ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The End of Food (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 30 June 2008)
Is our global food system too big and overworked? Journalist Paul Roberts’s research leads him to believe that our hyper-efficient, industrial food economy is leading to serious problems for people all over the world. new book is The End of Food. Weigh in: Which aspect of our global food system is most troubling to you?...

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[ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:53 GMT ]


Give Us This Day, Our Daily Meds (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 30 June 2008)
Prescription medications may actually be causing health problems for many Americans. Former New York Times reporter Melody Petersen is the author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs. Weigh in: Has a prescription drug ever unexpectedly made you seriously ill? ...

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[ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:53 GMT ]


A Report Card for No Child Left Behind (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 30 June 2008)
Find out how the No Child Left Behind Act has affected a troubled high school in Baltimore. Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond’s new HBO documentary is "Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card." ...

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[ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 30 June 2008)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting the first U.S. retrospective of English romantic painter J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) in more than forty years. It’s on display from July 1 –September 21. Kathryn Galitz is curator. ...

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[ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Please Explain: Solar Power (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 27 June 2008)
With the price of oil going higher and higher, alternative sources of energy like solar power are becoming much more attractive! Find out how solar power works, and whether it could help solve our energy problems. Stephen A. Hammer is Director of the Urban Energy Project at Columbia University's Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy (CEMTPP). Richard Perez is Senior Research Associate of University at Albany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. We’d like to hear from...

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:44 GMT ]


Dalton Trumbo Had the Last Word (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 27 June 2008)
A new documentary, “Trumbo,” looks at screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Peter Askin is the director; Dalton's son Christopher Trumbo is the screenwriter. "Trumbo" opens June 27th at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and Landmark's Sunshine Cinema. ...

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:21 GMT ]


Edward Albee’s “Occupant” (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 27 June 2008)
Tony- and Academy Award-winner Mercedes Ruehl talks about her star turn as Louise Nevelon in Edward Albee’s "Occupant," now being staged by Signature Theatre Company at 555 W. 42nd St. ...

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 27 June 2008)
We celebrate the 20th anniversary of Zeitgeist Films, which has distributed independent American and international films from Bruce Weber, Todd Haynes, François Ozon, Olivier Assayas, and Agnes Varda to name just a few. MoMA is hosting a film series, "Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time" June 26-July 23. Leonard talks to Zeitgeist founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo, as well as filmmaker Guy Maddin. ...

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[ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Atmospheric Disturbances (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008)
Rivka Galchen’s debut novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, has gotten great reviews. It tells the story of psychiatrist Dr. Leo Liebenstein, who believes his wife has been replaced by a simulacrum. Event: Rivka Galchen will be speaking and signing books Thursday, June 26 at 7 pm Barnes & Noble Upper West Side 2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street) ...

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:54 GMT ]


Children of Immigrants: Adapting to Life in NYC (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008)
A groundbreaking study examines how well recent immigrants and their children are becoming part of society in metropolitan New York. Philip Kasinitz and John Mollenkopf are two of the co-authors of the new book Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age. If you’re the child of immigrants, we’d like to hear from you. How has your parents’ adjustment to American life differed from your own? ...

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:53 GMT ]


The Letters of a Dutch Jew (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008)
Philip Slier was a Dutch Jew who was killed in the Holocaust. The newly-discovered letters he wrote to his parents while he was in labor camps have now been published in a new book, Hidden Letters. Ian Shine and Philip’s cousin Deborah Slier are its co-editors. ...

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Girl Twins and Eating Disorders (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008)
Sharing the womb with a brother may influence a girl’s development. Kristen Culbert, a graduate student in clinical psychology at Michigan State University, tells us about her research on eating disorder rates in females from opposite-sex twin pairs. ...

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Underreported: The World’s Failed States (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 26 June 2008)
The world’s weakest and failed states can disrupt the stability of other countries all over the world. The Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine have released their fourth annual Failed States Index. Patricia Taft, senior associate at the Fund for Peace, joins us to talk about where the worst failed states are, and how instability spreads from one country to another. ...

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[ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Identity and Democracy (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008)
Human rights icon Natan Sharansky is a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner; he’s also served as a senior minister in the Israeli government. He says that strong identity is vital to a healthy democracy, and valueless cosmopolitanism is very dangerous. His new book is Defending Identity. Event: Natan Sharansky will be speaking and signing books Wednesday, June 25 Congregation Keter Torah 600 Roemer Ave. Teaneck, NJ 07666 8:15 pm general admission; $10/adults and $5/students for more ...

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:55 GMT ]


Living Alone in the Wilderness (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008)
David Wroblewski’s debut novel, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, is about a mute young man who lives with his parents on a farm in Wisconsin until his family is torn apart and he’s forced to fend for himself in the wilderness. Stephen King wrote: "I flat-out loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, and spent twelve happy evenings immersed in the world David Wroblewski has created.” Event: David Wroblewski will be speaking and signing books Wednesday, June 25 at 7 pm McNally Robinson 52 Prince Street...

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:30 GMT ]


A Nation Divided (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008)
Barbara Ehrenreich says that the U.S. is being scarred by a deepening divide between the rich and poor. When she traveled throughout the U.S. to get a feel for how Americans are doing, she found that the last few years have been the worst in recent memory, and the wealth gap is growing wide every day. Her new book is This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation. Event: Barbara Ehrenreich will be speaking and signing books Wednesday, June 25 at 7 pm Barnes & Noble Union Square 33 East 1...

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:20 GMT ]


States of the Union: Alabama (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 June 2008)
Find out about the re-election campaign of Jeff Sessions; how state Democrats remain competitive in a state that has become solidly Republican in presidential elections; and what kind of impact the case of convicted former governor Don Siegelman has had on state politics. Joining us to discuss what matters to voters in the Yellowhammer State is George R. Altman, Capitol bureau for the Press-Register in Mobile, Alabama. States of the Union fact of the week: Alabama’s state constitution is the ...

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Growing Up With a Mentally Ill Father (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 24 June 2008)
Nicholas Dawidoff tells the story of his coming-of-age in 1970s New Haven in The Crowd Sounds Happy: A Story of Love, Madness, and Baseball. Faced with a mentally ill and dangerous father, he found a safe haven in baseball. Event: Nicholas Dawidoff will be speaking and signing books Wednesday, June 25 at 8 pm Happy Ending Bar 302 Broome Street (between Eldridge and Forsyth Streets) ...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:22 GMT ]


America in the Post-Cold War Era (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 24 June 2008)
According to Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier, the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. Their new book, America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11, argues that the post-Cold War world we live in is chaotic and complex; filled with challenges posed by globalization, nonstate actors, weapons of mass destruction, and inefficient international institutions. Event: Derek Chollet and James Goldg...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:19 GMT ]


Legendary Japanese Actor Tatsuya Nakadai (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 24 June 2008)
Tatsuya Nakadai has been, for over 50 years, one of the world’s greatest actors. Known for his expressive eyes, he attained international fame as one of the best actors during the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema. Film Forum, is showing two dozen of his films, from “Yojimbo” to “Ran” and “Kagemusha.” ...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Behind the $21-Billion Preschool Industry (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 24 June 2008)
After introducing his infant daughter to television, Variety editor Dade Hayes decided to go behind the scenes of the $21-billion preschool market. Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, or, How Television Became My Baby’s Best Friend describes the production factories that craft television programs for children and the economic forces that shape what our children see. Weigh in: Do you let your infants watch television? If so, why? ...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Clumsy Brain (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 23 June 2008)
Is the human brain an elegant, sophisticated organ? Or is it a clumsy, haphazard construction? NYU psychologist Gary Marcus’s new book about how to adapt to the brain’s flaws is Kluge. Event: Gary Marcus will be speaking Tuesday, June 24 at 6:30 pm American Museum of Natural History Central Park West and 79th Street To purchase tickets, go here. ...

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[ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:48 GMT ]


Karl Rove: Man and Myth (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 23 June 2008)
Karl Rove has become a kind of mythic kingmaker in the public imagination. Paul Alexander’s new book about the man behind the myth is The Rise and Fall of Karl Rove. ...

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[ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Confronting a Family’s Slave-Trading Past (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 23 June 2008)
Katrina Browne’s forefathers were members of the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Browne’s new film about confronting her family’s history and legacy is "Traces of the Trade." It airs nationwide on PBS on June 24. It will also be screened at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival on Jun 22 at 6 pm, and June 23 at 1:30 pm and at 9 pm at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam). ...

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[ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Garcia Lorca in NYC, 1929 (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 23 June 2008)
When Federico Garcia Lorca attended Columbia University for one difficult year in 1929, he wrote some remarkable, strange, and beautiful poems. They’ve now been published in a new bilingual edition called Poet in New York; Pablo Medina and Mark Statman are the translators. ...

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[ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Please Explain: Brainwashing (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 June 2008)
Brainwashing has been used throughout history to manipulate, coerce, and torture. Dominic Streatfeild is the author of Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control. Oxford research scientist Dr. Kathleen Taylor is the author of Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control. Have you ever been brainwashed? When did you realize what was happening?...

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:34 GMT ]


Assisted Loving (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 June 2008)
When Bob Morris’s 80-something widowed father re-entered the dating scene, he decided to help his dad find a new love. He writes about the often-strange experience in Assisted Loving: True Tales of Dating with My Dad. Event: Bob Morris will be speaking and signing books Friday, June 20 at 7 pm Cucina Corner of Routes 212 & 375, Woodstock, New York Tell us your stories of elderly parents' dating. ...

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:45 GMT ]


Street Shots (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 June 2008)
Bruce Davidson talks street photography, in conjunction with WNYC’s hit new Street Shots project. ...

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Inventing Niagara Falls (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 June 2008)
Find out how Niagara Falls went from being a small town with a big waterfall, to a major tourist attraction and even an environmental disaster. Ginger Strand’s new book is Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies. ...

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Clothes Make the Man, Markings Make the Bird (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 June 2008)
Researchers have found that slightly changing a bird’s appearance also changes its behavior. In a recent study, researchers darkened the reddish breast feathers of male barn swallows using a cheap marker. Within a week, the birds had higher testosterone levels! Dr. Kevin McGraw is co-author of the study and an evolutionary biology professor at Arizona State University. ...

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:54 GMT ]


States of the Union: Maryland (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 June 2008)
Find out about Tuesday's special election in Maryland's 4th District, why Maryland attracts so many biotech firms, and how the state became one of the most reliable for Democrats in presidential elections. Lisa Rein covers Maryland politics for the Washington Post and the paper's Maryland Moments blog, joins us to discuss what matters to voters in the Free State. ...

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:54 GMT ]


Underreported: Book Power (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 June 2008)
When Francisco Goldman's book The Art of Political Murder was published in the U.S., it had ripple effects in Guatemala, where the book was used to prove points by warring factions in the country's civil war. Nathaniel Popper has written a new article, "The Novelist and the Murderers," in the July 7th issue of The Nation about how a single book can have a dramatic effect on a country's political climate. We'd like to hear from you. Has a single book had a dramatic impact on your own political vi...

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:14 GMT ]


Intelligent Design: Only a Theory (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 June 2008)
Brown University biologist and evolution proponent Kenneth Miller examines whether the theory of Intelligent Design holds up to scientific scrutiny. In his new book, Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul. ...

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Histories by Herodotus (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 June 2008)
Robert Strassler is editor of the new edition of The Histories by Herodotus, a Greek historian living in the 5th century BCE. It’s a history of the rise of the Persian Empire and its war with Greek city-states. ...

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[ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Nam Le’s Story Collection, The Boat (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 June 2008)
Nam Le’s debut story collection, The Boat, has gotten great reviews. Its stories are set in a wide range of places --- including Colombian slums, Iowa, and a boat in the South China Sea. Events: Nam Le will be reading as part of Open City’s Park Lit reading series Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 pm Fort Greene Park, Visitor’s Center De Kalb at Washington Park, Brooklyn Nam Le will be speaking and signing books Thursday, June 19 at 7 pm Book Court 163 Court Street, Brooklyn (between Pacific an...

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[ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:58 GMT ]


Football Genius (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 June 2008)
Former NFL defensive end Tim Green has also been an NPR commentator and host of Fox’s "A Current Affair." Now he’s written a book for young adults, Football Hero! ...

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[ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:38 GMT ]


How Asian Rivalries Are Shaping the World (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 June 2008)
The growing rivalry between China, India, and Japan will shape not only the U.S. but also the rest of the world in the coming years, according to former Economist magazine editor-in-chief Bill Emmott. His new book is Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade. ...

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[ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Moderation in the Middle East (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 18 June 2008)
Prominent Jordanian diplomat Marwan Muasher talks about the promises and problems of the middle road approach to reform in the Middle East. His new book is The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation. ...

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[ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Physics of the Impossible (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 June 2008)
Physicist Michio Kaku says that recent scientific advances could be making impossible-sounding things like telepathy and time travel possible! His new book is Physics of the Impossible. ...

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[ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Story of Forgetting (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 June 2008)
Stefan Merrill Block’s debut novel, The Story of Forgetting, weaves together the stories of a 15-year-old science nerd and an elderly hunchback, both living in Texas. ...

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[ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Isabel Allende’s New Memoir (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 June 2008)
In Isabel Allende’s second memoir, The Sum of Our Days, she writes about love, marriage, the writing life, her close family relationships, and the difficulties of dealing with her daughter Paula’s death. ...

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[ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Sergio Ramirez on the History of Nicaragua (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 June 2008)
Sergio Ramirez is a leading Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served as vice president of the country from 1984 until 1990. His book on the history of Nicaragua, Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea, has now been translated into English. ...

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[ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Kurdish Quest for Statehood (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 June 2008)
There are 25 million Kurds throughout the world; they’re the world’s largest ethnic group without a nation. Quil Lawrence writes about the long Kurdish struggle for statehood and its place in Middle Eastern politics in Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East. ...

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:59 GMT ]


Michael Pollan on What to Eat (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 June 2008)
Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore’s Dilemma, explains his "Eaters’ Manifesto" in his new book, In Defense of Food. He says we should eat food, not too much of it, and mostly vegetables. ...

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:58 GMT ]


The Evolution of Human Economics: From Hunter/Gatherers to Stock Market Traders (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 June 2008)
How did humans go from hunting and gathering, to trading on the stock market? Michael Shermer looks into what evolution tells us about human economic behavior. His new book is The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics. ...

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


The Science of Sex (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 16 June 2008)
The science of sex is studied in labs, brothels, MRI centers, farms, and sex-toy companies. Science writer Mary Roach has spent two years following the study of sexual physiology; she writes about what she found in her new book, Bonk. ...

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


New York’s Floating Pool (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 13 June 2008)
Urban and waterfront planner Ann L. Buttenweiser brought the Floating Pool Lady project to Brooklyn last summer, and it was a huge success. Now the Floating Pool is coming to the Bronx for the summer. She tell us more about the project, 20 years in the making, and how it’s helping to revitalize New York’s waterfront. ...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:46 GMT ]


Mark Rylance on “Boeing-Boeing” (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 13 June 2008)
The New York Times called Mark Rylance “one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his time.” Now the Tony Award-nominee makes his Broadway debut in the hit revival of "Boeing-Boeing," now at the Longacre Theatre, at 220 W. 48th St. ...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:46 GMT ]


Iraqi War Journal (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 13 June 2008)
Richard Engel, NBC News's award-winning Middle East Bureau Chief, describes what it was like to cover the first 5 years of war in Iraq, from IED attacks to surviving kidnapping attempts. His new book is War Journal. ...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Please Explain: Food Poisoning (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 13 June 2008)
Most of us get food poisoning at one time or another. Find out what causes food poisoning, how to avoid it, and why it's an annoyance for some and deadly for others. Also, why are we being told not to eat tomatoes now? Phyllis Della-Latta, Ph.D., is Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Carl Winter is Director of the Food Safe Program and an Extension Toxicologist in the Department of Food Science at UC Davis. Tell us about the worst case of food ...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:00 GMT ]


Underreported: Horseshoe Crabs (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 12 June 2008)
Horseshoe crabs predate dinosaurs by more than 100 million years. They’ve also saved more than a million human lives thanks to a substance in their blood that the medical industry uses to fight infections! Find out why the horseshoe crab population has been in a downward spiral since the mid-1990s, and what’s being done to save them. William R. Hall is a marine researcher at University of Delaware, which runs a horseshoe crab education website. ...