On Demand
The Leonard Lopate Show
-
BonobosStrange Behavior
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson revisits the tense days of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade in The Age of Anxiety. Then, Madam Zhao Ruheng tells us about the National Ballet of China’s production of Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern." Next, Princess Martha Louise of Norway describes her new children’s book. And primotologist Frans de Waal explains what he’s learned about human nature from observing the behavior of apes.
The Age of Anxiety
In The Age of Anxiety, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson examines Senator Joseph McCarthy’s five-year reign over American politics during the 1950s. His zealous campaign against Communism terrorized politicians and cultural figures alike. In this new history, Mr. Johnson draws parallels between that climate of fear, and today’s current political anxieties.
» Excerpt of The Age of Anxiety in the Reading Room
Events:
Haynes Johnson will be speaking on:
Monday, October 10th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble
Broadway and 82nd Street, NYC
7:30pm
Tuesday, October 11th at 7pm
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave at 34th St
Room 9100
Music:
Cobb soundtrack (by Elliot Goldenthal) -- #10, 17, and 9 (SONY CLASSICAL)
Raise the Red Lantern
Madam Zhao Ruheng, the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of China since 1994, tells us about the company’s critically acclaimed production of Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern."
Events:
Raise the Red Lantern will be performed:
Tuesday, Oct 11th through Saturday, October 15th at 7:30pm
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Tickets: $20, 40, 60, 70
Call 718.636.4100 or visit www.bam.org
Music: "Raise the Red Lantern" soundtrack (by Zhao Jiping) -- #1 and 4 (Milan)
Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns
Princess Martha Louise of Norway tells us about her new children’s book: Why Kings and Queens Don’t Wear Crowns. The book is based on her grandfather’s childhood, and touches on the search for a new royal family after Norway broke its union with Sweden in 1905.
Music:
The Beautician and the Beast soundtrack (by Cliff Eidelman) # 1 and 2 (Milan)
Our Inner Ape
Frans de Waal tells us what the behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos—our two closest ape relatives—can tell us about our own human nature in Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primotologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are.
Music: Oscar and Lucinda soundtrack (by Thomas Newman) # 4, 2, and 1 (Sony Classical)
- About This Program »
- Staff Bios »
- Contact Us »
- Guest Hosts »
- Guest Picks »
- Latest Show »
- Tapes & Transcripts »
- Show Archive »
Features & Series
Podcast
Stay up to date.
Subscribe to the Podcast
Shop at Amazon!
Leonard Lopate Show picks
Start your Amazon shopping on WNYC.org and a portion of your total purchase goes to WNYC.
More
Bill Richardson on Diplomacy
The Leonard Lopate Show
New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.
Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show
The Leonard Lopate Show
NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.
Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System
The Leonard Lopate Show
Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
The Leonard Lopate Show
Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
- Comments [3]
Guest Picks
The Leonard Lopate Show
Find out surprising facts about some recent guests on the Leonard Lopate Show. Check out our Guest Picks section! Did you know that football star Herschel Walker loves Judge Judy, Laurie Anderson is a big fan of agility training for dogs, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi likes Johnny Depp?
