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A Path to Peace (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 03 December 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:00 GMT

Peace in the Middle East is one of the most pressing items on President-Elect Obama’s long to-do list. Former Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg says that Israel must move beyond a Holocaust mentality in order to accomplish a lasting peace in the region. Also: Patti Labelle talks about her music and her cooking skills. Amitav Ghosh on his new novel. And jazz pianist McCoy Tyner performs live in our studio!

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Path to Peace in the Middle East (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 03 December 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:18 GMT

Peace in the Middle East is one of the most pressing items on President-Elect Obama’s long to-do list. Former Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg says that Israel must move on from a Holocaust mentality in order to accomplish a lasting peace in the region. His new book is The Holocaust is Over; We Must Rise From its Ashes.

Event: Avraham Burg will be answering questions on WNYC's Art.Cult blog as part of the New York Public Library’s “Live” series! Submit your questions here.

The Dark Side of Black Friday (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:13 GMT

Benjamin Barber, distinguished senior fellow at the New York think tank Demos and author of Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (Norton, 2007) discusses hyper-consumerism and the need to return to basic civic values.

Path to Peace in the Middle East (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 03 December 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:18 GMT

Event: Avraham Burg will be answering questions on WNYC's Art.Cult blog as part of the New York Public Library’s “Live” series! Submit your questions here.

The Real McCoy (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 03 December 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:00 GMT

Great jazz pianist McCoy Tyner performs live in our studio! His new album is “Guitars.” He’s also celebrating his 70th birthday with a star-studded week at the Blue Note (131 W. 3rd St.) on Dec. 9-14, with guests including Marc Ribot, Savion Glover, Bill Frisell, and more.

Choice (Radiolab: Friday, 14 November 2008)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52 GMT

We turn up the volume on the voices in our heads and try to make sense of the babble. On a journey around the country to understand how emotion and logic interact to guide us through our options, we ponder how we get through the million choices and decisions we make every day. Forget free will, some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee.

Up and Dow (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 03 December 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:41 GMT

Adam Sternbergh, New York magazine's editor-at-large, warns against compulsive watching of the Dow Jones average.

Reading is Fundamental (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:12 GMT

Erin Bauer, English and literacy educator, advisor, and senior advisor for graduation at the High School for Global Citizenship in Brooklyn and Dolores Perin, associate professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, talk about the issues raised in yesterday’s Radio Rookies piece.

The Jazz Ear (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:02 GMT

We look into how listening to jazz music can be a collaborative experience. New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff is author of The Jazz Ear, which profiles many jazz greats including composer Maria Schneider.

Event:
Ben Ratliff will be interviewing Gal Costa & Cassandra Wilson
about the music that has mattered most to them
Sun. Jan. 11 at 2:00 PM
TimesCenter Stage
242 W. 41st St.

The Man Who Owns the News (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:24 GMT

Find out how far-reaching Rupert Murdoch’s $70 billion media kingdom is, and how it shapes the news we get every day. Michael Wolff is author of The Man Who Owns the News.

Event:
Michael Wolff will give a talk
Wed. Jan. 14 at 12 noon
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street

Race (Radiolab: Friday, 28 November 2008)

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:00 GMT

The U.S. Census defines five races, and an "other" category. When the human genome was first fully mapped in 2000, Bill Clinton, Craig Venter, and Francis Collins took the stage and pronounced that "The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis."

Great words spoken with great intentions. But what does that mean and where does it leave us? It doesn't seem to have wiped out our evolving conversation about race.

Schumer: Housing "Vultures" Hurt NYC

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:07 GMT

Sen. Charles Schumer says developers took out risky loans to purchase dozens of affordable housing complexes across the city. He's asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate what h....

Level Questions (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 16 August 2005)

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:00 GMT

Peter Waldman of the Wall Street Journal tells us about a new study by the CDC that found surprising levels of trace industrial chemicals in Americans’ bloodstreams. Then, we’ll hear about the revival of the Tony Award-winning musical Two Gentleman of Verona. Johnny Temple of Akashic Books describes the upcoming Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. And in our regular Please Explain feature, we’ll get answers to some of the questions you're too embarrassed to ask your doctor.

Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 25 April 2007)

Thu, 17 May 2007 21:27 GMT

Knitting has emerged from the home and taken a place in museums and galleries worldwide, while interactive knitting performances have been staged in public places like the London Underground. Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting, an exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design, showcases some of knitting's unorthodox reformers. Curator David McFadden joins us along with artists Dave Cole and Janet Echelman.

Why So Many Sperm? (Radiolab: Friday, 21 November 2008)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:14 GMT

Matthew Cobb takes us back to 1677, when Anton Van Leewenhoek first identified sperm and there was much talk of souls and miniature men residing in the seminal fluid. Upon observation it became clear that there were an awful lot of those little guys that never turned into babies! Jad wonders: why so many sperm? Bird-sex specialist Tim Birkhead, of the University of Sheffield, explains what effect imperfect monogamy has on reproductive strategies. Then sperm physiologist Joanna Ellington and her pig Hazel give us some insight into the obstacles sperm must overcome in their odyssey from their male originator to their female destination.

Paul Krugman on Depression Economics (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 01 December 2008)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:55 GMT

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman explains why he says we’ve returned to Depression economics – and that the global economy must change in order to survive. His recently-updated book is The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008.

Race (Radiolab: Friday, 28 November 2008)

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:00 GMT

Patti LaBelle’s Recipes for the Good Life (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 03 December 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:00 GMT

Singer, author and actress Patti LaBelle says that “food has always been at the center of my joy, from the fish fries my parents had every weekend to the barbecues I have in my backyard today.” Her new cookbook is Recipes for the Good Life.

Stretched to the Limit (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 06 November 2008)

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:16 GMT

The president-elect faces the global economic crisis, and New York Times business editor Marcus Mabry and author/Atlantic Monthly editor Reihan Salam offer their thoughts on where to go from here. Plus: NY1’s Dominic Carter talks local politics, and when it comes to stretching, you’re probably doing it wrong.

Answer our Time Capsule Question: What Will President Obama Actually Change by 2012?

More Moore (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 July 2007)

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:00 GMT

Almost a quarter of American consumers have had a legitimate claim denied by their health insurer. Now Michael Moore's film "SiCKO" has reignited the debate over universal, single-payer coverage in the United States. Michael Moore joins Leonard today to answer his critics. Also: a look at Williams Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that's characterized by a lack of social inhibitions. Musician Nick Lowe shares his new album, "At My Age." And we'll talk to a swimmer who raises awareness about polluted rivers by swimming in them.

Choice (Radiolab: Friday, 14 November 2008)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52 GMT

Silk Road at the UN (Evening Music: Thursday, 27 November 2008)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:42 GMT

Tune in at 8PM for a special presentation of Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble's recent performance at the United Nations on UN Day. Also, music for the holiday from John Corigliano, Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. And later, we give thanks Baroque-style, with J.S. Bach's lively Cantata "We Thank You, God."

Also Featured Tonight:

Timothy Cameron Lloyd / Four Native American Love Poems
John Cage / "Primitive"
Earl George / "A Thanksgiving Overture"
Philip Glass / String Quartet No. 4 ("Buczak")

Goodwill to All (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 04 December 2008)

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:05 GMT

Khaled Hosseni, U.S. envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and author of A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner, talks about his second novel and his work with the UNHCR in Afghanistan.

Race Doesn't Exist. Or Does It? (Radiolab: Friday, 28 November 2008)

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:00 GMT

Tony Frudakis and his company DNA Print Genomics believe they can identify hair, eye, and skin color and point to the genetic ancestry of test subjects by scanning their DNA. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce goes to investigate, using a sample of Jad's DNA to find out what they could discover. The results? Surprising to all. We found another surprised DNA test subject, Wayne Joseph, a high school principal and writer on the topic of race.

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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:10 GMT