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On today’s show: An hour of great gospel music, a Good Friday Lopate Show tradition. Then, David Letterman writer Bill Scheft– his new novel is called Everything Hurts. Plus, our latest Please Explain is about organ transplants.
Join us for a Leonard Lopate Show film screening on April 14th of "Gold Diggers of 1933" at the Galapagos Art Space. More information here.
The screening is FREE but please RSVP at projections@wnyc.org soon- seating is limited!
Gospel Music!
Join us for a special hour of Good Friday gospel music curated by Leonard himself!
Good Friday Gospel Show 2009 –Playlist
Song-Artist-Album
1. One Day - Angelics and Dixie Hummingbirds - Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
2. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone? - The Soul Stirrers-
3. Out on a Hill - The Soul Stirrers - Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
4. How Jesus Died - Pilgrim Travelers - Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
5. (I’m Glad) Salvation Is Free - Mahalia Jackson -
6. Jesus - Robert Anderson - When Gospel Was Gospel
7. The Hammer Rings - Mme. Edna Gallmon Cooke -Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
8. What Manner of Man Is This? - Willie Mae Ford Smith - The Great Gospel Women
9. What Kind of Man Is This? – Caravans - The Great 1955 Shrine Concert
10. What Manner of Man Is This? - Jackie Verdell with Davis Sisters
11. The Sun Didn’t Shine - Alphabetical Four - As Good as It Gets Black Gospel
12. What More Can Jesus Do? - Morgan Babb and The Radio Four - The Radio Four
13. That Day on Calvary - Swan Silvertones - Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
14. When He Spoke - Clara Ward and the Ward Singers -I Feel the Holy Spirit
15. Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down - Marion Williams - Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
16. That Old Rugged Cross - Marie Knight w. The Nightingales – Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
17. He Arose from the Grave - Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Living the Gospel Beloved Songs of Easter
Everything Hurts
David Letterman writer Bill Scheft skewers physical and emotional pain in his book Everything Hurts.
Events:
Bill Scheft will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, April 22, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway, 82nd Street
Bill Scheft is in Conversation with Susie Essman
Wednesday, May 20, at 8:00 pm
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
Please Explain: Organ Transplants
The lives of more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. depend on finding an organ to replace a damaged or diseased one. Only a fraction of people who need a new kidney, liver, or heart actually receive one, but the procedure saves thousands of lives every year. We’ll be joined by Dr. Jean Emond, Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery and Director of Transplantation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and by Susan Senk who received a heart transplant in 2007.
Find out more about organ donation in New York at www.donatelifeny.org and at www.savelivesnewyork.org.
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