Talking with Former Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen
John F. Kennedy's speechwriter and counselor, Theodore Sorensen, died in New York on Sunday at the age of 82. He was one of the last living links to the JFK administration. Sorensen first went to work...
View ArticleJason, The New York Drawer
Artist Jason Polan wants to draw every person in New York—literally every person in New York—so he started a project to document his efforts. Two and half years in, Polan is still going strong,...
View ArticleGrilled Cheese Sandwiches Go Gourmet
Meatballs, macaroni and cheese, and bacon have all had their makeovers in the kitchens of top chefs. It was the humble grilled cheese sandwich's turn this weekend at a community garden fundraiser in...
View ArticleJoan Didion Explores the Death of a Daughter in 'Blue Nights'
Joan Didion's latest book, "Blue Nights," explores the death of her 39-year old adopted daughter Quintana. It's an event, “I hadn't dealt with it at any level, and I needed to,” she told WNYC's Leonard...
View ArticleQuinn Remembers Her Grandmother, a Titanic Survivor
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's maternal grandmother, Ellen "Nellie" Shine Callaghan, was 16 or 17 years old when she came to America from Cobh, Ireland, 100 years ago. She booked...
View ArticleWatch: Leonard Lopate Learns How to Cook a Steak
Porter House New York's Chef Michael Lomonaco invites Leonard Lopate to his kitchen for some pro tips in cooking the perfect steak.
View ArticleDavid Foster Wallace talks Ambition with Leonard Lopate
"If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything." So tells the celebrated and deceased author David Foster Wallace in a 1996 interview with Leonard Lopate Show. In this Blank on...
View ArticleReal Talk for Real Teachers, with Rafe Esquith
After more than 30 years as a teacher, Rafe Esquith, can offer plenty of words of wisdom and advice for other teachers coping with the overwhelming challenges of the classroom and beyond. His book...
View ArticleIs Algebra Really Necessary?
Writer Nicholson Baker asks a simple question in next month's issue of Harper's Magazine: “Why, if math is so great and timeless and beautiful, do millions of people hate it so much?” During an...
View ArticleVideo: August Wilson Talk Series - The Lloyd Richards Effect
Theater director Lloyd Richards, long-time Dean of the Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference, discovered and championed August Wilson’s plays and directed...
View ArticleTeacher-Author Offers Scathing View of NYC Schools from the Inside
Laurel Sturt discussed her negative views of the New York City school system as outlined in her book Davonte’s Inferno: Ten Years in the New York Public School Gulag. An art teacher in a high-poverty...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: Lopate and Locavores - Tips From Your Waiter
WNYC host and three-time James Beard Award winner Leonard Lopate is back with a fourth season of his popular food series, Lopate and Locavores! Leonard kicked off the series October 16, 2013, hosting a...
View ArticleChef Takes on Challenge of Picky Eaters in School
Chef Bill Telepan may have gotten three stars for his cooking at his eponymous restaurant but his toughest audience is the lunch crowd at school cafeterias around the city. Telepan is the executive...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: Lopate and Locavores' Opening a Restaurant in New York City
In any given year, about a thousand restaurants will open in New York City. Only 20 percent will still be around five years later, and just a few will be able to score a great review in the Times,...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Leonard Lopate
These past few weeks, Leonard Lopate has been putting the "loco" in "locavore." He's been talking about eating, drinking and the politics of food during his show on the Food Fridays series by day,...
View ArticleLast Chance Foods: Turning Host on Host for Food Fridays
For the past few weeks here at WNYC, The Leonard Lopate Show and Last Chance Foods have combined to bring you the latest breaking news in the worlds of seasonal vegetables, new cookbooks, and pickling....
View ArticleChristmas Gospel
Leonard Lopate hosts his annual Gospel Christmas special, with favorite songs from gospel greats like Mahalia Jackson, Marion Williams, Edna Gallmon Cook, and Alex Bradford, and others. Billboard: Joy...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: Leonard Lopate and Guests Explore Guastavino in New York
What do Carnegie Hall, the Bronx Zoo's Elephant House and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine have in common? They're all marvels of architectural beauty that contain the interlocking tile vaults...
View ArticleFifth Annual Lopate and Locavores
Lopate and Locavores is back for a fifth season of culinary conversation, cooking demonstrations and delicious tastings—and this year comes with an extra Sporkful! The three-part Locavores series...
View ArticleLeonard Remembers Joan Rivers
Over the years, Joan Rivers has been a guest on my show at least eight times. Yes, she sometimes said outrageous things, but what I remember best is just how funny she was no matter what we were...
View ArticleCome See Leonard at the Brooklyn Book Festival!
Leonard will be hosting a conversation with writers Mary Gordon (Pearl, Reading Jesus, The Liar's Wife) and Emma Straub (Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, The Vacationers) at the Brooklyn Book Festival...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: Leonard Lopate on the Best of New York's Delis
Known for their overstuffed sandwiches, cured meats and knishes, New York City’s storied delicatessens are cultural landmarks in their own right. In part two of his fifth annual Lopate and Locavores...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: Melissa Clark and Deb Perelman on Cookbook Writing
Writing a successful cookbook might sound glamorous, but there’s a lot of testing and spilling and splattering—and testing again—that most people don’t realize go into creating those pages of recipes....
View ArticleA Non-Book Gift Guide for Your Special Bibliophile
We know it can be difficult to find the perfect book as a gift for avid readers in your life, so we've eschewed the typical holiday book list and instead have put together a literary-inspired gift...
View ArticleHappy 30th Anniversary, Leonard Lopate!
Our 30th anniversary is coming up on The Leonard Lopate Show, and we could not have done it without our dedicated listeners. And now, we want to hear from you! We want to know more about you. Let us...
View ArticleLeonard Lopate Over the Years
Leonard Lopate has interviewed some amazing people over his thirty years at WNYC, in the studio and the Greene Space, and 5 years ago we celebrated his 25th Anniversary with a roast. Here we look back...
View ArticleListen to 30 Years of Leonard Lopate in Under 3 Minutes
After three decades on WNYC, it's impossible to know just how many people Leonard has spoken with on the air. But, let's try a rough calculation: 4 guests per day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year for 30...
View ArticleThe New Middle Class, Deceptive Magic, and Leonard's Brother!
New York Times reporter Dionne Searcey and nursing student Anna Marina Ackerson on the rise of nursing as a career for women. Biographer James McGrath Morris on pioneering journalist Ethel Payne, the...
View ArticleBrother Knows Best
In celebration of Leonard Lopate’s 30 years at WNYC, we turn to insider Phillip Lopate for a brother’s evaluation!
View ArticleVideo: YouTube's Maangchi Talks Korean Cooking
With more than 86 million views on her cooking videos, The New York Times recently dubbed Maangchi "YouTube's Korean Julia Child." But Maangchi admits she didn't actually know the reference when she...
View ArticleWatch: Maangchi on Kimchi, Korean Cuisine and Cooking on YouTube
With more than 86 million views on her cooking videos, The New York Times recently dubbed Maangchi "YouTube's Korean Julia Child." But Maangchi admits she didn't actually know the reference when she...
View ArticleMadhur Jaffrey Talks Indian Cuisine with Leonard Lopate
For more than 40 years, Madhur Jaffrey has introduced Western home cooks to the vibrant cuisines of her native India. Yet, despite being considered the godmother of Indian cuisine and authoring many...
View ArticleInterviews with 13 of This Year's Oscar Nominees
We spoke with directors, actors and, writers of 13 movies that have been nominated for Academy Awards this year. Catch up on all of The Leonard Lopate Show's Oscar Nominee coverage and be the star of...
View ArticleVideo: Wine Myths Debunked with Leonard Lopate
Are rieslings always sweet? Are darker wines heavier and more complex? Can cheese make bad wine taste good? It’s time to pull back the curtain on wine. Watch archived video of our sold-out conversation...
View ArticleSaving the Planet in 'Before the Flood.' Behind the Scenes at the Lopate Show.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens talks about his new environmental documentary, “Before the Flood,” hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio. On today's Please Explain, we're taking you behind the...
View ArticlePlease Explain: The Leonard Lopate Show!
We're taking you behind the scenes at The Leonard Lopate Show on today's Please Explain with Executive Producer Melissa Eagan! She and Leonard will talk about the history of the show, share some of...
View ArticleLopate & Locavores: Food Styling Secrets
Three-time James Beard Award winner and longtime WNYC afternoon host Leonard Lopate makes audiences salivate – and taste new things – with Lopate & Locavores, the popular live event series back for...
View ArticleThe Leonard Lopate Show Live: Christine Ebersole, Anthony Bourdain, Kelli...
WNYC’s Leonard Lopate hosts the conversation New Yorkers turn to each afternoon for insight into contemporary art, theater and literature, plus expert tips about the ever-important lunchtime topic:...
View ArticleLeonard Slatkin Speaks About His New Book and the 'Passion and Devotion' of...
Dive into the mind of a maestro, courtesy of Leonard Slatkin’s new book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry. To discuss his newest project, his career and music,...
View ArticleThe Leonard Lopate Show Live: Tony Shalhoub, Gary Oldman, Julie Taymor,...
WNYC's Leonard Lopate broadcast live from our stage with guests Tony Shalhoub of Broadway's buzzed-about new musical "The Band's Visit," along with creators David Yazbek and Itamar Moses. Katrina Lenk...
View ArticleLongtime WNYC Hosts Leonard Lopate, Jonathan Schwartz Placed On Leave
Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz, two longtime hosts at WNYC, have been put on leave effective immediately pending investigations into allegations of inappropriate conduct. The announcement comes a...
View ArticleLopate, Schwartz Suspended From WNYC
The crisis at WNYC over workplace harassment deepened on Wednesday, as two longtime hosts, Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz, were placed on immediate leave, “pending an investigation into...
View ArticleNew York Public Radio Board Meets Amid Harassment Crisis
The Board of Trustees of New York Public Radio meets Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, for the first time since harassment allegations at the organization became public. When New York magazine published an...
View ArticleNew York Public Radio Board Fields Concerns About Harassment
WNYC listeners got a chance to voice their concerns to the station's Board of Trustees on Thursday evening. The organization has been reeling since New York magazine's The Cut published an article...
View ArticleNew York Public Radio Fires Hosts Lopate and Schwartz
Two weeks after their abrupt suspensions, longtime WNYC hosts Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz have been fired. In a statement, spokesperson Jennifer Houlihan Roussel wrote “New York Public Radio...
View ArticleNYPR CEO Laura Walker Issues Statement on Firing of Lopate, Schwartz
New York Public Radio President and CEO Laura Walker issued the following statement to listeners: This fall, we watched as the national conversation turned to harassment in the workplace. We knew this...
View ArticleInvestigation Finds Harassment Happened at NYPR, But Was Not Systemic
Nearly five months after allegations of inappropriate conduct rocked New York Public Radio, an investigation by the law firm Proskauer Rose found no evidence of systemic discrimination at the...
View ArticleFarmers Get Relief as Tariffs Hit Home
We take a look at the newly announced $12 billion aid package for farmers negatively impacted by tariffs; we discuss the case of an undocumented immigrant from Ecuador who was detained by ICE last...
View ArticleDJs Speak Out After Leaving WBAI Over Leonard Lopate Hiring
Jay Smooth and Jeannie Hopper both left WBAI last week following the station management’s handling of the hiring of Leonard Lopate, who was fired from WNYC following allegations of “inappropriate...
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