Hunting for characters on the Streets of New York City with Magnum Photographer Bruce Gilden. Visit WNYC's Streetshots for more videos and a chance to share your own Street photographs. www.wnyc.org/streets hots
The founder of The Huffington Post explains to WNYC's Leonard Lopate why the radical element of the Republican Party and a compliant media have lead this country down the wrong path.
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/lopate/epis odes/2008/04/29/segm ents/97750
Brian Lehrer of WNYC talks to Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, actress on The Wire. Listen to the whole interview here:
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/bl/episodes /2007/12/14/segments /90442
Reflecting on his career as a chess Grandmaster and a member of Russia's political opposition, Garry Kasparov found that the same strategies used to win his game can lead to success at the office. He talks with WNYC's Leonard Lopate. You can hear the whole interview here:
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/lopate/epis odes/2007/11/02/segm ents/88187
Presidential candidate John Edwards talks in specific terms about his plan for Universal Healthcare on WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, 2/26/2006. The whole interview is here: http://www.wnyc.org/ shows/bl/episodes/20 07/02/26#segment7414 3
Academy Award-winning actress Shirley MacLaine talks with WNYC's Leonard Lopate about why "Star Beings" are so interested in Earth ad other observations from her new book. Hear the whole interview here:
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/lopate/epis odes/2007/11/05
Broadway musical star Idina Menzel ("Rent," "Wicked") has now released her own solo album. It's called "I Stand." She speaks with WNYC's Leonard Lopate.
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/lopate/epis odes/2008/02/12/segm ents/93500
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, actress on The Wire, connects her life to the HBO series and talks about her new memoir with WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer.
Hear the whole interview:
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/bl/episodes /2007/12/14/segments /90442
Director David Cronenberg has a reputation for making films about the nature of violence and cruelty that sometimes make audiences want to cover their eyes, but always make them think. He discusses his latest, "Eastern Promises."
"Vivid Girl"/adult film actress Savanna Samson discusses opera on WNYC's Evening Music, May 3, 2007. Part of WNYC's "Tristan Mysteries" festival.
Listen to the entire program: http://www.wnyc.org/ shows/eveningmusic/e pisodes/2007/05/03
Sergio Vieira de Mello devoted his career to dealing with humanitarian crises throughout the world...until he was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2003. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Samantha Power's new book about the former UN High Commissioner is Chasing the Flame.
Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back Herschel Walker talks to WNYC's Leonard Lopate about his struggles with dissociative identity disorder, which nearly drove him to suicide.
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/lopate/epis odes/2008/04/15/segm ents/96866
James Lipton talks to WNYC's Leonard Lopate about learning to read at 18 months, writing novels at age 12 and finding acting.
Listen to the whole interview here:
http://www.wnyc.o rg/shows/lopate/epis odes/2007/12/18/segm ents/90584