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The Leonard Lopate Show

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Friday, June 01, 2012

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On today’s show: we’ll take a look at why Chinese consumers prefer western products to their own national brands. Alan Alda and Nobel laureate Harold Varmus discuss the World Science Festival. Jeremy Shamos and Crystal Dickinson, two cast members from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Clybourne Park.” Plus, our latest Please Explain is all about vitamin D and other vitamins.

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Powerhouse

Monday, June 04, 2012

On today’s show: Former Wall Street Journal editor Michael Casey discusses how our financial system is hurting the middle class. We’ll take a look at how American business and industrial power helped win World War II. Scott Jurek talks about his career as an “ultrarunner” and how he manages 100-plus-mile races on a vegan diet. Phil Stutz and Barry Michels discuss their new approach for speeding up change for psychotherapy patients.

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Behind the Scenes

Thursday, May 31, 2012

On today’s show: we’ll take a look at some of the questionable corporate practices in fundraising for breast cancer awareness and research. Jonathan Pryce, Alex Hassle, and Alan Cox talk about the new production of Harold Pinter’s classic play “The Caretaker,” now at BAM. We’ll find out how Argentine wines and the humble Malbec grape have become a global brand. Plus, on Backstory: the verdict in the case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is expected on Saturday, so we’ll take the temperature of the Egyptian electorate. Then we’ll hear the story of how a Guatemalan man found out that he had had been kidnapped during the civil war there.

Connected

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

On today’s show: We’ll try to find the center of the Internet... and take a look at the infrastructure that enables much of the World Wide Web. We’ll find out about the role cheese has played in human culture. Joe Blair discusses his memoir By The Iowa Sea. Plus, attorney Michael Armstrong describes the tense two years he spent on the Knapp Commission's investigation into NYPD corruption.

Guest Picks: Olivia Thirlby

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Actress Olivia Thirlby was on the Lopate Show recently to talk about her role in the off-Broadway play, "Lonely, I"m Not." She also told us that she's a fan of jazz. Find out what else she's a fan of!

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Guest Picks: Francoise Mouly

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

New Yorker art editor Francoise Mouly was on the Lopate Show recently to discuss the process of honing the iconic covers of the magazine and shared some of the ones that didn't make it. She also shared what she's been reading recently and the comfort food she craves.

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Drilling Down

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

On today’s show: Ellis Cose looks at how our ideas about race have shifted and that means for the country’s future. James Corden and Jemima Rooper talk about starring in the acclaimed British comedy now on Broadway, “One Man, Two Guvnors.” Then Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby talk about their roles in the off-Broadway play, “Lonely, I’m Not,” about a man who hasn’t a date—or a job—in four years. Bob Reiss talks about why oil companies are moving up to the Arctic, and how the new global battle for oil there will shape America’s future.

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