Today Leonard talks with Carter Strickland of The Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit that was founded in San Francisco in 1972, which works with communities to develop open space. Their New York office opened in 1978. State Director Carter… Read More ›
Today Leonard speaks to director Stephanie Welch and co-writer Andrew Kimbrell. The documentary “A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream” reveals how biologically determined politics has disenfranchised women and people of color, provided a rationale for state sanctioned… Read More ›
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Hannah Howard will talk about her book “FEAST: True Love in and out of the Kitchen”. “Hannah Howard, a freshman at Columbia with a passion for the elite world of Manhattan’s restaurant scene, is… Read More ›
Today it is a special Food Friday edition of “Leonard Lopate at Large,” answering those questions about food foraging with Tama Matsuoka Wong, author of “Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard Or Farmer’s Market” and her fellow foraging… Read More ›
Today, in studio, Leonard talks with Alexander Newley, the British artist best known for his ‘portrait of a portrait’ type paintings of some of the world’s most well-known faces across theatre land discussing his new book ‘Newley’ all about what… Read More ›
Today on Leonard Lopate At Large, Leonard’s guest is Miriam Pawel, author of “The Browns Of California.” Pawel, the author of ‘The Crusades of Cesar Chavez,’ bills her family saga as a ‘lens through which to tell a unique history… Read More ›
Today Leonard and Michael Wildes discusses the book “Safe Haven In America: Battles to Open the Golden Door” and reflect on a career spent fighting to keep good people in the country. In “Safe Haven In America: Battles to Open the Golden… Read More ›
*****Please note there were recording playback audio problems with some of the music recorded today at WBAI, so some audio selections are missing or wrong…..thank you for your patience****** Today, on Leonard Lopate At Large, Christian De Luca and Tom Crawford… Read More ›
Today Leonard talks with Adrian Benepe A senior vice president and director of city park development for The Trust for Public Land, Adrian Benepe is one of the nation’s experts on the nexus of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in… Read More ›
Today Leonard has a conversation with George Pakenham on the dangers of idling vehicles. Idling engines consume more than 6 billion gallons of gasoline annually in the U.S., a significant contributor to local air pollution, respiratory disease and global climate… Read More ›