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David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt from the liberal media organization Media Matters describe how Fox News has changed under the leadership of its president Roger...

Common, and dangerous, small-scale medical breaches. How the New Yorker's signature cartoons are made. Living a life into great age. Exploring how motion...

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo describes her efforts to get the government to investigate allegations that a U.S. multinational corporation was responsible for the...

Some people lounge on the beach on their vacations, others run from museum to museum. Geoff Godbey, a Professor of Leisure Studies, offers his expert advice on...

An estimated 70 percent of all antibiotics sold in the United States are used on farms, mostly in animal feed. Health researchers have long worried that this...

Justin Kirk and Tony Award-winner Julie White discuss starring in the new Theresa Rebeck comedy "The Understudy." Then, Daniel Eagan explains why the 500 films...

BAM is screening Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating tonight, just in time for the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest at Coney Island on July 4th....

Samuel Fromartz describes his quest to hone his breadmaking skills and his knowledge of bread, from seed to flour to the biochemistry of sourdough.

Bonnie Raitt tells us about her career, launching her own label, and winning her tenth Grammy Award for her latest album, Slipstream. Composer Nico Muhly and...

According to Henry Louis Gates Jr., African-American society has split into two factions: the privileged and the disenfranchised. Gates is here to discuss...

David Gerlach the founder and executive producer of Blank on Blank talks about his latest animated interview, which features an interview Leonard did with...

Journalist Mark Lynas traveled from Alaska, Mongolia, Pacific islands, and Peru to see first-hand the effects of global warming. His new book is High Tide: The...

The New York Public Library's plans to remodel the 42nd Street building had been controversial and widely criticized.

Politico senior writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Todd Purdum looks back at the dramatic behind-the-scenes battle to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

Guest host Julie Burstein hears arguments that New York is being reshaped by the forces of suburbanization. Then, we examine the controversial science of lie...

Eric Scigliano recounts the long history of adoration and abuse in our relationships with elephants in his new book, Love, War & Circuses. Read an excerpt in...

Alpha House is a comedy about four senators who rent a house together in Washington DC, inspired by real-life Congressmen who share a home in D.C.

Sarah Vowell (This American Life contributor, and author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot) catalogues her investigation of the historical sites associated with the...

David Hilfiker explores the historical and sociological forces that have shaped inner cities, Urban Injustice: How Ghettos Happen. Music: Catch Me If You Can...

David Sedaris discusses his latest collection of short stories, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. Then, on Underreported, an investigation onto what life is like for...

In our new Please Explain feature, we attempt to make complicated questions simple. This week, we ask Dr. Scott Keeter of the PEW Center for People and the...

The militia takeover in Oregon. Hemingway's life between the wars. Ryan Coogler's new film, "Creed." The effects of China's one-child policy.

Cate Blanchett & Richard Roxburgh on "The Present;" Oscar-nominated film, "Land of Mine," Please Explain Love.

Snowball Journal - Our room, says the lady of the house

Emmy-award-winning comedian Dennis Miller discusses his unique brand of humor, and tells us how politics and comedy intersect. Music: Jump Start and Jazz,...

Early this month, researchers at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced that they found convincing evidence of a new particle called...

Our latest Please Explain is about preserving with author Emily Paster.

We talk to the scientist in charge of photography for the 2004 robot missions to Mars. Then, a curator from the Frick talks about the current exhibit Cimabue...

The FBI estimates that there are over 200 million guns in civilian hands in the US. Former gun lobbyist Richard Feldman reveals the inner workings of the NRA...

Former Lt. Col. John Nagl on writing the army's counter-insurgency manual. The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. Eimear McBride's A Girl Is a...

Rhea Perlman discusses her Broadway role in the popular comedy of manners, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife.

Hooman Majd examines the possibility of democracy in Iran's future. Then, Bill Bryson looks at the bizarre history behind the everyday things we take for...

Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin explains the rise of license plate tracking and how surveillance of seemingly mundane activities is growing. Her...

A science reporter explores the stigma against being short, and explains how physical size and childhood growth shape our adult lives. Then, we hear a live...

Ingrid Bengis, child of Russian Jewish immigrants grew up in America but decided to settle in St. Petersburg later in her life. She discusses her experiences...

Anne Aghion's new film "Ice People" follows modern-day polar explorers as they capture one of the most significant discoveries about the history of climate...

Sigourney Weaver and Lisa Suatoni, senior scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council, talk about the troubling rise in ocean acidity and a new film...

A recipe for using seasonal root vegetables from Alice Waters.

Charlie Savage of the New York Times discusses the Obama Administration's complicated relationship with executive power and the detention of terrorism...

Richard Zacks reveals the true story of Captain Kidd, examining the theory that he was not a marauding buccaneer after all, but a government-backed Repo man of...

Aaron Sachs looks at how 19th century explorers planted the seeds of American environmentalism in The Humboldt Current. Available for purchase at amazon.com

Makes: 4 servings Time: At least 30 minutes A surefire way to get anyone to eat any vegetable, these crisp babies are delicious as a side dish, alone as an...

The attorney who defeated DOMA. Baseball legend Bob Gibson on his famous 1968 strikeout streak. The teacher who survived the Sandyhook Elementary shooting. And...

Bill Morgan, author of Literary Landmarks: The Book Lover's Guide to New York, joins Nancy Bass Strand, of The Strand bookstore fame, to explore the ins and...

Economist Henry Kaufman explains how the financial crisis will reshape our economic behavior for years to come. For our Underappreciated summer reading series,...

All over the world, more and more people work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take...

Start your Thanksgiving meal planning! Join us for our Thanksgiving side-dish recipe swap -- tune in for tips on what to serve with the turkey. Also: chef...

Photojournalist and director of the Grey Art Gallery, Abbas Lynn Gumpert discusses modern Iranian visual culture.

Joseph Stalin said, "A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." Paul Slovic, a psychology professor at the University of Oregon who studies...

What does election night look like from behind the bar? Seasoned bartenders Rosie Schaap and Ben Wiley stop by and tell us.

Flemming Rose, culture editor of the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the prophet Mohammad 9 years ago, talks about his decision to print them and...

Susan Faludi provides an unexpected assessment of the post-September 11th era in The Terror Dream. Using the lens of gender relations, Ms. Faludi argues that...

Political scientist Christian Alfonsi argues that decisions made in the first Gulf War preordained the current war in Iraq. Then, Bob Gill talks about what...

Food writer and award-winning editor Gabrielle Langholtz joins us to discuss her new book "America: The Cookbook."

John Thompson spent 18 years on death row. He joins us, along with litigator John Hollway, to discuss his long road to exoneration. Then, historian Mae Ngai...

Actor Gabriel Ebert was on the Leonard Lopate Show (along with co-star Mary Louise Wilson and playwright Amy Herzog) to discuss the play, "4000 Miles." He also...

A conversation with Jim DeFede, about how one small town, dealt with thousands of international passengers in the wake of the terrorist attacks, The Day the...

Political scientist Shibley Telhami analyzes the driving forces and emotions of the Arab uprisings and looks ahead to the next phase of Arab politics. In The...

To what extent are we defined by our race, nationality, religion, gender, and sexuality? Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses how what we are determines who we are,...

Using antibacterial soap may not be a good idea. A science writer explains why some germs are necessary for our survival. Plus, why a child may suddenly lose...

Listeners call in to discuss which Democrat they would vote for in the upcoming Presidential elections. Bill Gates, Sr. may be father to the richest man in...

On today's Show we're talking about food and drink. First, Allen Katz, from the New York Distilling Company, talks about cocktails. Then New York Times wine...

The world's most troubled states, like Sudan and Iraq, are a threat not only to themselves but to other countries all over the world. On today's Underreported,...

Neuroscientist Joshua Green explains how our brains evolved after tribal life to deal with the conditions of our modern societies. Novelist Ann Patchett...

London-based TV journalist Sandy Balfour expresses his love for the cryptic crossword, Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): The Puzzling Memoir of a Man in Love...

Michigan has more electoral votes than Iowa and New Hampshire combined. On States of the Union: why Michigan's primary hasn't gotten more media attention...and...

Many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum are concerned about the Bush administration's proposed port security deal. Former Senator Gary Hart...

Caroline Kennedy talks about people who have exemplified political courage.

Jonathan Capehart, of the Washington Post, talks about what we've heard from the Democratic National Convention so far.

Two paleontologists tell us about bringing dinosaurs to life in a new IMAX film. Then, we sample barbecue from some of the country's top pitmasters in an...

Michael Bacon was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently (along with Nellie McKay and Philippe Quint) to talk about the soundtrack for "Downtown Express." He was...

African MCs TY (UK/Nigeria) and Oke (Nigeria), and Ben Herson (the founder of the record label Nomadic Wax), discuss how African hip-hop is becoming an...

The Pentagon bought tens of thousands of copies of a new book called Operation Dark Heart in order to destroy them on national security grounds. The author,...

Tune in for live coverage of John Edwards's announcement that he's dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination. And WNYC hosts Leonard Lopate and...

Conversation is the glue that holds mothers and daughters together, according to linguist Deborah Tannen. She joins us to today to explain how those...

Nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp. "Intensio" merges ballet with visual art. The 12th annual "Under the Radar" festival. An inside look at...

Lawrence McDonald, former Lehman Brothers vice president, gives and inside account of what happened at the financial services firm and why it was allowed to...

Navy doctor Richard Jadick talks to guest host Julie Burstein about the harrowing work of performing surgery on the front lines in Iraq. Later on, director...

Phillip Lopate, considered by many to be one of the most important essayists of our time, discusses the controversies surrounding creative nonfiction, his own

Tom Hanks on "Sully." Matthew Rhys and director Christian Carion on "Come What May." The Mint Theater production of "A Day by the Sea." Please Explain is all...

On today's show: an economist explains how economic theories can help us get more of the good stuff in life. Also, the dance company Pilobolus. Then, a writer...

Find out about the science stories that changed our understanding of the world in 2007 - from drug recalls to discoveries of new planets. Corey S. Powell is...

Private foundations in America give away about 35 billion dollars each year. We'll look into how money from people like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates is...

Three editors from The Onion talk about their new book, Our Dumb World - and they evaluate the parody news headlines our listeners have submitted. Also: a...

Keith Glass, a longtime agent for basketball players, tells us why he feels the NBA is in trouble. Then, artists Dorothea Rockburne and Lynda Benglis look back...

On the second part of Underreported, Leonard speaks with Paul Goble, Professor at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C., to look at the broader...

Carla Hall's peas with butter and tarragon.

Stock markets around the world have been on a roller coaster ride lately. Tune in to Please Explain to find out how the global financial system works, and why...

Get some holiday book gift ideas! Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review, shares his picks for the best and most notable books of 2008. Weigh...

Farm labor and locavore dining. Exploring the culinary potential of seaweed. A tribute to New York pizzerias. All of your cast iron cooking questions -...

For the second part of this week's installment of Strapped: A Look at Poverty in America, Dr. Benard Dreyer, Professor of Pediatrics at New York University...

Historian H.W. Brands argues that the California Gold Rush was more crucial to the course of American history than the Civil War. He discusses his new book,...

Proposition 8 was one of the most controversial issues on the ballots this year. Find out how the debates over sexuality are shaping American politics. Also:...

In the 1970s, the House of Saud (which includes members of Osama bin Laden's immediate family) began courting American politicians in a bid for political...

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Long Island Assemblyman Robert Sweeney announced new legislation this week which would ban plastic microbeads, the tiny...

On today's show: Felix Rohatyn argues for rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. Plus, this week's Underreported is all about how the sour U.S. economy is...

It's a States of the Union special! Hear highlights from our year-long series, and find out about the local, state, and national issues that voters will have...

Marc Abrahams discusses the annual award ceremony he created, which honors scientific achievements that make people laugh, then think.