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  • The World Inside

    Wednesday, February 08, 2012

    Robin Levi, editor of Inside This Place, Not of It, and Tina Reynolds, a former prisoner who’s an activist for women in NY prisons, talk about what it’s like for incarcerated women. Téa Obreht discusses her novel, The Tiger’s Wife, our selection for the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects is on the sphinx of Taharqo. Alvin and Lawrence Ubell, the Gurus of How-To tackle listener questions on the nuts and bolts of home repair.

  • Tossing the Ball

    Thursday, February 09, 2012

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his new children’s book, What Color Is My World? Jonah Hill on his Oscar-nominated role in “Moneyball.” The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects is on a Chinese zhou ritual vessel. Plus out latest Backstory/Underreported segments.

     

  • Breaking Through

    Friday, February 10, 2012

    Gary Oldman on his career, and his Oscar nomination for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” Sixteen-year-old boxer Claressa Shields, her coach Jason Crutchfield, and former pro fighter Christy Halbert, talk about women’s boxing in the Olympics. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects is on a cloak used to wrap mummies. And our latest Please Explain is all about How to Save the World, Part 4.

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Guest Picks: Cynthia Nixon

Friday, February 03, 2012

Cynthia Nixon was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about starring in the Broadway production of "Wit." She also told us that she's a huge fan of Garrison Keillor's. Find out what else she's a fan of!

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Things We Learned This Week

Friday, February 03, 2012 - 03:27 PM

A compilation of the random, unknown, and maybe important things we at the Lopate Show learned during the week of January 30.

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Watch This

Friday, February 03, 2012

The New Yorker’s John Seabrook tells us what YouTube is doing to maintain its competitive edge. Tony- and Emmy award-winner Cynthia Nixon on her role in the Broadway revival of Margaret Edsen’s Pulitzer Prize winning play,“Wit.” The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a form fitting gold cape that had been worn by a very powerful person in Bronze Age Britain. Then, we’ll take the temperature on the unusually warm weather we’ve been having. Plus, the next installment in our Please Explain series on How to Save the World takes a look at efforts to combat climate change.

 

The Natural Order

Thursday, February 02, 2012

On today’s show: We’ll take a look at how a single principle of physics, constructural law, can help explain symmetries in evolutionary design. Then, we’ll hear about the life of Paul Jennings, a slave who served President James Madison in the White House. Today’s installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at a tiny statue of a Minoan bull leaper. Plus our latest Backstory segments look at Super-PACs and what roles they play in the primaries, and we’ll also find out what’s happening in Syria.

An Evolution

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

On today’s show: Jamie Fellner, of Human Rights Watch, talks about a new report on the soaring number of aging prisoners in the United States. Acclaimed Chinese dancer Jin Xing discusses her performance at the Joyce Theater and her first appearance in New York dancing as a woman. A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at the Rhind mathematical papyrus. Adam Johnson talks about his latest novel, The Orphan Master’s Son. Plus, two biographers turn their attention to the evolution of the term “addiction.”

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