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2. A Fine Romance (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 10 November 2009)
Poet, editor, and cultural critic David Lehman looks at the origins of the American songbook—jazz standards, iconic love songs, and famous movie sound tracks. In his book A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, explores the fact t…
3. Man of Constant Sorrow (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 10 November 2009)
Ralph Stanley looks back on his long career as the patriarch of old-time mountain music. In Man of Constant Sorrow, he tells the story of how music now popular around the world was created by two brothers from a dying southern mountain culture.
4. New Normal? (Radiolab: Friday, 02 October 2009)
How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Is a peacenik baboon, a man in a dress, or a cuddly fox a sign of things to come? Or just a flukey outlier from the norm? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour …
5. When the Wall Came Down (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 09 November 2009)
The Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago today. We’ll discuss the events that led to that historic event and how the former Soviet Bloc has changed since the Iron Curtain was lifted. We’re joined by Stephen Kotkin, Professor of Modern and Contemp…
6. Parasites (Radiolab: Friday, 25 September 2009)
What's gotten into you? In this hour we explore nature's moochers - the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe). Could parasites be the shadowy hands …
7. The Restored Red Shoes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 09 November 2009)
Thelma Schoonmaker, the widow of Michael Powell, and Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor, discusses Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece "The Red Shoes." For the film, they created an original ballet from scratch and cast an a…
8. Open Up (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 11 November 2009)
Our November 11 show is live from the Jerome L. Greene space! Andre Agassi talks about his life on and off the tennis court. Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk discusses his latest novel. Then, Susie Essman describes working on "Curb Your E…
9. The Ascent of Money (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 04 November 2009)
Renowned historian Niall Ferguson looks into the history of money and how it makes the world turn. In The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, he tells the human story behind the evolution of the world’s financial system, from i…
