Christopher Walken talks about his life, career, and returning to Broadway as the star of “A Behanding in Spokane.” And we’ll speak with museum guards about their own artwork. Then, we’ll take a look at the hundreds of thousands of condolence letters Jackie Kennedy received after her husband’s assassination. Plus, our latest Underreported segment looks at oyster poaching in the Chesapeake. And our Back Story segment looks at life in Ukraine 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union!
Leonard Lopate has been with WNYC for 25 years!
You’re invited to celebrate his anniversary at a star-studded roast tonight! Tickets will no longer be available online today after 2:00 pm, but they are still available at the door. Find out more here!
Christopher Walken
Guards and Artists
Letters to Jackie
Underreported: Oyster Poaching in Chesapeake Bay
Backstory: Post Soviet Ukraine
We’ll talk a look at how Ukraine has changed in the 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union as part of today’s Backstory segment. We’ll be joined by Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University. His article "Gogol Haunts the Ukraine" is in the ...
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About The Leonard Lopate Show
Host Leonard Lopate lets you in on the best conversations with writers, actors, ex-presidents, dancers, scientists, comedians, historians, grammarians, curators, filmmakers, and do-it-yourself experts.
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Links
- 2012 Election Coverage
- 25 Years of Lopate
- American History XX
- Backstory
- Food Fridays
- Globavores: Food Travels Around The World Since 1492
- Guest Hosts
- Guest Picks
- Please Explain
- The Gurus of How-To
- The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club
- The Lodown
- The Story of New York in 10 Objects
- Tributes
- Underappreciated
- Underreported
- Web Extras
- Word Maven: Patricia T. O'Conner
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