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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...

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Jason, 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,...

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Grilled 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...

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Joan 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...

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Quinn 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...

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Watch: 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.

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David 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...

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Real 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...

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Is 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...

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Video: 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...

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Teacher-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...

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On-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...

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Chef 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...

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On-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,...

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60-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,...

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Last 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....

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Christmas 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...

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On-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...

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Fifth 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...

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Leonard 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...

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Come 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...

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On-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...

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On-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....

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A 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...

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Happy 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...

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Leonard 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...

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Listen 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...

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The 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...

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Brother Knows Best

In celebration of Leonard Lopate’s 30 years at WNYC, we turn to insider Phillip Lopate for a brother’s evaluation!

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Video: 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...

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Watch: 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...

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Madhur 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...

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PHOTOS: Submit Your Food Infusion Experiments

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Interviews 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...

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Video: 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...

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Saving 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...

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Please 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...

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Lopate & 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...

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The 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:...

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Leonard 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,...

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The 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...

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Longtime 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...

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Lopate, 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...

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New 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...

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New 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...

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New 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...

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NYPR 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...

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Investigation 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...

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Farmers 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...

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DJs 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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