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1. When the Time Comes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 29 June 2009)

There are currently 45 million Americans caring for family members, and as the 77 million boomers continue to age, this number will only go up. Journalist Paula Span shares the stories of several families who’ve had to deal with older family me…

2. Conquest of the Useless (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 26 June 2009)

Filmmaker Werner Herzog shares the diaries he compiled during the production of his 1982 film "Fitzcarraldo." His book, Conquest of the Useless, vividly recounts the emotional, physical and psychological toll exacted by moving a 320-ton steamship…

3. Blood, Sweat, and Gears (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 01 July 2009)

Director Nick Davis on his documentary "Blood Sweat + Gears: Racing Clean to the Tour de France," which follows the journey of an American cycling team seeking to compete in its first Tour de France, the epic French bicycle race that covers over…

4. Tall World (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 02 July 2009)

Six-foot-three-inch tall Arianne Cohen takes us on a tour of Tall World. In The Tall Book, she travels from endocrinologists' offices to the annual European Tall Club Convention, and meets the tallest couple in the world to unlock the mysteries…

5. End-Of-Life Costs (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 01 July 2009)

In his recent interview with the New York Times's David Leonhardt, President Obama said that a key step to health care reform will be having a "very difficult democratic conversation" about the high cost of end-of-life care in the United States,…

6. Development Watch (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 30 June 2009)

The original World Trade Center site was also mired in political and financial squabbling. So, what’s the latest for the planned redevelopment, and what can be learned from past efforts? Also, the stimulus bill has created jobs, but many transpor…

7. Unquenchable (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 02 July 2009)

Robert Glennon reports on our looming water-supply crisis. His book Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It, documents present and future water crises being caused by the massive water consumption for agriculture, power gen…

8. Being Human in a Digital World (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 03 July 2009)

Brooke Gladstone, managing editor and co-host of National Public Radio’s Peabody-winning On the Media “, Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences and the NSF Science of Learning Center at the University of…

9. Cooking with What You Have on Hand with Julie Powell (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 30 June 2009)

Hold off on that take-out tonight. You can cook a delicious meal with ingredients you already have in your kitchen. Part four of our Food in the City series continues with Julie Powell. She's the author of Julie and Julia, which is set to be r…

10. Where Art and Science Intersect (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 29 June 2009)

Daniel Kohn, artist-in-residence at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Damian Young, a synthetic organic chemist at the Broad Institute and project leader of its Chemical Biology Program, discuss the intersection of science and art, an…