The Leonard Lopate Show

Hit TV Show “The Wire”

Leonard speaks with 3 actors from the hit HBO show "The Wire": Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jamie Hector, and Clarke Peters. Blake Leyh is the show’s music supervisor.

Event: Cast members from "The Wire" will be at a signing
Thursday, January 31 at 11:30 am
HBO Shop
42nd Street and 6th Avenue

Weigh in: Who's your favorite character on "The Wire"?

Official site for “The Wire” on HBO
Listen to Leonard's Oct. 2007 interview with "The Wire" creator David Simon

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States of the Union: Arkansas

In the last 16 years, Arkansas has produced two major presidential hopefuls with two very different political views. Find out how both Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee succeeded in the Natural State. Also: we look at which issues matter most to voters in one of the country’s poorest states as they head into their Feb. 5 primary. Janine Parry is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Arkansas and Director of the Arkansas Poll.

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John Edwards Quits the Race

Tune in for live coverage of John Edwards's announcement that he's dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination. And WNYC hosts Leonard Lopate and Brian Lehrer talk about Edwards's speech, and what his absence could mean for voters and the remaining candidates.

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