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1. Differences of Opinion (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 11 February 2009)
On today's show: A former investment banker talks about the contagion that ruined our economy and how it might change our lives in unexpected ways. Plus, rethinking Booker T. Washington. Then, a Belgian novelist talks about her love life in Japan. …
2. Please Explain: Strokes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
On today’s Please Explain, we take a close look at strokes—the causes, effects, and therapeutic and medical advances that help people recover. We're joined by Dr. Randolph S. Marshall, chief of the Division of Stroke, Columbia University Medi…
3. When Am I Dead? (Radiolab: Friday, 18 September 2009)
1. Soul Has Weight, Physician Thinks: Biologist Lee Silver tells us the story of a physician’s ambitious 1907 experiment to discover the weight of the soul. 2. Metamorphosis: One possibility of the afterlife from David Eagleman, read by ac…
4. Mammogram Confusion (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
A federal advisory panel and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists made controversial recommendations this week for women to delay breast and cervical cancer screenings. Gina Kolata, science writer for the New York Times and au…
6. 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 …
7. Go with the Flow (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)
First, we look into the safety of our nation’s water supply with New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg. Then, Werner Herzog discusses his latest film “Bad Lieutenant.” Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate, talks …
8. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Soundcheck: Tuesday, 28 December 2004)
What is it about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that makes it such a mainstay of big, celebratory occasions? On New Year’s Eve, the New York Philharmonic will revive a time-honored tradition of performing the work. Today, conductor and commentator Ro…
9. The Jazz Loft Project
Explore The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series Jazz in the Flower District: Photographer W. Eugene Smith moved into a loft at 821 Sixth Avenue, in the heart of New York’s Flower District,....
10. CUNY Faces Big Cuts From City
The Bloomberg Administration's latest cost-cutting plan limits the impact on public schools, but not on the city's university system. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports. REPORTER: The City University syst....
