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LATEST EPISODE / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 08, 2015

Radicals At Home, Saving Lives Abroad

After the evacuation, the Saigon staff gathered outside the refugee tents at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, California, 1975.

The homegrown revolutionary movements of the ‘70s. A former Citibank VP during the Vietnam War. Helen Macdonald's hawk training. The Gurus of How-To take your calls.

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Stationed in Saigon, a Bank Manager Saves His Staff

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Former Vice President of Citibank John P. Riordan talks about his role in the rescue of 106 Vietnamese people in the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War.

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After Winter's Thaw, The Gurus of How-To Tackle Spring

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

The Gurus of How-To, Al Ubell and Larry Ubell, answer questions and give advice on how to repair and maintain your home or apartment.

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American construction workers and policemen stand around a pile of rubble in the police headquarters building after a bombing by the Weathermen Underground Organization. June 9, 1970

The Middle Class Americans Who Bombed Federal Buildings

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Chronicling the decade-long battle between the FBI and homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s, like The Weathermen, the FALN, and the Black Liberation Army.

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Raising a Hawk After a Father's Death

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Helen Macdonald is an experienced falconer, but she had never before trained the goshawk, until her father died suddenly on a London street.

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Leonard Picks a Bone with the Punderdome

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Fred and Jo Firestone return with another pun competition. Today’s pun topic: the human body.

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Actors Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson attend Fox's 'Empire' ATAS Academy Event at The Theatre at The Ace Hotel on March 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

How Strangers Inspired Arrested Development, Empire

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Brian Grazer's weekly “curiosity conversation” with an accomplished stranger partly inspired Splash, 24, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Arrested Development, and Empire.

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Candice Bergen's Lessons in Love and Loss

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Candice Bergen talks about her life, career, and the follow up to her first memoir, Knock Wood. Her newest memoir is A Fine Romance.

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Curious Conversations, Punderdome, and Candice Bergen

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Brian Grazer's “curiosity conversations” with accomplished strangers. Punderdome's co-hosts lead us in another pun competition about the human body! Candice Bergen's life and career.

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Inside Yemen's War Zone

Monday, April 06, 2015

Yemen is being torn apart in a violent sectarian conflict. Frontline journalist Safa Al Ahmad discusses a new report on the country.

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Irish gay rights activists and supporters protest against the exclusion of Irish gay groups from marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade as it makes its way up 5th Avenue on March 17, 2015 in NYC.

The Modern Fight For Gay Rights

Monday, April 06, 2015

Much has changed for gay people since Michelangelo Signorile published 'Queer in America' over 20 years ago, but he argues that homophobia is still a fact of American life.

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Guest Picks: Mary Norris

Monday, April 06, 2015

Mary Norris was on our show April 6, 2015 to talk about her decades at The New Yorker and her new book, Between You & Me. Here are a few of her favorite things!

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Modifiers, Danglers, and Spelling in an Age of Autocorrect

Monday, April 06, 2015

The New Yorker's Mary Norris brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage.

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The Complicated Lives, and Social Roles, of Elephants

Monday, April 06, 2015

For the last twenty-three years, Caitlin O’Connell has been a keen observer of the complicated friendships of an entourage of bull elephants in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

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Conflict Abroad and At Home

Monday, April 06, 2015

Inside Yemen's war zone. The social world of African male pachyderms. Confessions of a “comma queen.” Michelangelo Signorile on the present, and future, of gay rights.

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Leonard Lopate Weekend: Elizabeth Warren, Tim Gunn & "Skylight" on Broadway

Friday, April 03, 2015

The Leonard Lopate Show's three favorite segment's from the week!

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MADAGASCAR - 1995/01/01: Madagascar, Perinet Reserve, Rainforest, Grass Frog At Night.

Protecting Frogs from Extinction

Friday, April 03, 2015

In 2009, a frog was discovered in a rain forest in Ecuador that changed its skin texture from smooth to spiky, and in 2014, a new species of frog was found in Staten Island.

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JULY 10, 1970: NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL Photo of Mahalia Jackson, performing live onstage

Leonard's Good Friday Gospel Radio Hour

Friday, April 03, 2015

Leonard hosts his annual Good Friday Gospel hour, playing gospel classics that tell the story of Easter.

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Easter Friday Gospel. Boz Scaggs, and Please Explain Frogs!

Friday, April 03, 2015

Leonard Lopate spins an hour of Good Friday Gospel music! Boz Scaggs talks about his new album "A Fool to Care." Please Explain is all about frogs.

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Boz Scaggs Returns with "A Fool to Care"

Friday, April 03, 2015

Raised in Texas, Boz Scaggs began his career in 1965 with the release of Boz. The inspirational for his new album, A Fool to Care, lies in the sounds of Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma

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A table spread for a story on a Passover seder meal on Feb. 26, 2013 at a home in Jamaica Plain.

New Takes on Classic Passover and Easter Recipes

Thursday, April 02, 2015

Melissa Clark introduces innovative twists on old staples.

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