Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(3/11)In Tyranny from Plato to Trump: Tyrants, Sycophants, and Citizens, noted philosopher Andrew Fiala looks to uncover the true implications of a tyrant. He asks what is a tyrant and what makes a tyrant possible? He states, when tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers; The solution can be found through legal frameworks such as the Constitution, and educational efforts aimed at cultivating civics and wisdom.

On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large Andrew Fiala will discuss power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots which make for tantalizing fiction, but when that drama becomes a reality similar to the January 6 Capitol riot, Fiala suggests models from the past as the best solution.

The Socially Relevant Film Festival was founded by Actress/Filmmaker Nora Armani as a response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms of storytelling in media and entertainment.

S.R.F.F believes in the power of film, raising awareness of social issues and promoting positive social change. This year the ninth edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY is a hybrid festival with in-person and online film screenings. This new edition will deal with topics such as: Climate Change and Women, Immigration and Refugees, Empowering Women, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, LGBTQ Rights, Genocide and Holocaust, Youth and Children, Disability, Incarceration and Freedom, Politics and Social Equality, Sex Trafficking, Racism, BIPOC cultures and colorism, and Life during COVID.

Join us on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large, for a conversation with Nora Armani, an award-winning actor/filmmaker with international stage and screen credits, who has organized film festivals internationally.

Martin Abrahamson, MD and Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, MD have collaborated to create “Conquer Your Diabetes: Prevention, Control, Remission”.

Deepak Chopra, MD says "If you want your wellness to include mastery over diabetes, this book is a must-read". Drs. Abrahamson and Chopra are renowned master clinicians and teachers at Harvard Medical School, with decades of extensive clinical experience. In their book they tell us everything we need to know about diabetes—from the basics (e.g. the difference between Type 1 and Type 2, and the role genetics, diet, and exercise play in each) to recent advances in preventing, managing, and even curing the disease. In addition to being incredibly current, the information is encouraging.

On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large the authors will put all the pieces of the diabetes puzzle together, including a concise history of the disease, underlying types and causes, pre-diabetes, obesity, weight loss, pregnancy, mental health, type 2 diabetes prevention and remission, and latest treatments.

(3/7) Rosemarie Reed began her career in radio at WBAI, starting as a volunteer and finally as General Manager. After five years at WBAI, she became an independent radio producer, receiving numerous grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to produce dramatic readings based upon little known books concerning human rights issues. she was awarded a CPB grant and began filming in Moscow on Conversations with Gorbachev. She later turned her attention to women in science, she received support from The National Science Foundation and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large, Rosemarie Reed will be discussing Playing in the FM Band: The Steve Post Story, which will have its US theatrical premiere at Film Forum (NY) on Friday, March 11. The film chronicles the personal life, career, and legacy of Steve Post (1944-2014), the brilliant, irreverent WBAI (and later WNYC) radio host whose voice was a familiar tonic during Watergate, the Vietnam War, the Nixon era, and beyond.

America’s public lands include more than 600 million acres of forests, plains, mountains, wetlands, deserts and shorelines. In his latest release, Our Common Ground, A history of America's public lands, John Leshy traces the emergence of a bipartisan political consensus in favor of the national government holding these vast land areas primarily for recreation, education and conservation of biodiversity and cultural resources. He says this is a bright spot in an era of cynicism about government. Leshy is a leading expert in public lands policy and discusses the key political decisions that led to this conservation of land beginning at the very founding of the nation. Find out more about public lands, as it is particularly timely as the world grapples with the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM.

According to Jason Pack, we no longer inhabit a world governed by international coordination, a unified NATO bloc, or an American hegemon. Traditionally, the decline of one empire leads to a restoration in the balance of power, via a struggle among rival systems of order. In his latest book Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder, Pack draws on over two decades of research in Libya and Syria. He shows how even the threats posed by the Arab Spring and the Benghazi assassination of US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, couldn't bring about a unified Western response.

Join us on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM, where Pack will discuss what he calls, the "Enduring Disorder, " where superpowers have undercut global collaboration, self-reinforcing the progressively collapsing world order.

In her book, "A Block in Time," author Christiane Bird shares a story of New York City, told through the prism of one block. The block is located between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Streets, Fifth Avenue and Broadway to the east, and Sixth Avenue to the west. It's the story of high life and low life, immigrants and tourists, farmers and aristocrats, crooked cops, moral reformers and Solomon Pieters, a former slave who was the first owner of the block.

Bird has worked on staff for the New York Daily News and has written for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Miami Herald, among other publications. Join us for a discussion with Bird, on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM.

Author Andrew Rice chats on his book THE YEAR THAT BROKE AMERICA, which examines how the year 2000 portended what would follow, and where we’d find ourselves 22 years later.

Back at the start of the new millennium, it was easy to laugh and roll our eyes about the crazy events in Florida in the year 2000—but what happened then and there has determined where we are and who we’ve become. He traces those earlier events to today’s political and cultural landscape. Pointing out that Florida was where some of the 9/11 hijackers learned to fly, where Donald Trump first planned to run for president, and where the controversy over Elián Gonzalez’s immigration case played out.

Andrew Rice is a contributing editor at New York magazine. He is a former staff writer at The Hill and The Observer -- and was a cub political reporter in the year 2000.

Tune-in to Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM when Andrew Rice shares his findings from synthesizing hours of interviews, court records, FOIA requests, and original archival research.

Author Amy Zegart provides an analysis of her latest publication -- Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, in which she draws on decades of research and hundreds of interviews with intelligence officials. Zegart provides a history of U.S. espionage, from George Washington’s Revolutionary War spies to today’s spy satellites. She examines how fictional spies are influencing real officials and gives an overview of intelligence basics and life inside America’s intelligence agencies.

Zegart has been featured by the National Journal as one of the ten most influential experts in intelligence reform. She has served as a commissioner on the 2020 CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force and has advised the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

She served on the Clinton administration’s National Security Council staff and as a foreign policy adviser to the Bush 2000 presidential campaign. She has also testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and advised senior officials on intelligence, homeland security and cybersecurity matters. Amy Zegart is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Tune in to Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM to hear Zegart separate fact from fiction, as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology.

On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI, Michael Clinton, author of “ROAR into the Second Half of Your Life," will share his findings about the most significant social movement of our time.

He says it's happening now.

In this “people’s revolution,” mature Americans (50 and over) kick-start new careers, pursue new lifestyles and find new loves. And they’re challenging everything they were told about the second half of their lives. Mature Americans are taking pride in their “true” age

(70 is the new 70 etc).

Michael will also discuss how the pandemic caused million to reassess their careers and march into the "Great Resignation."

Michael Clinton is a mature markets expert and columnist for Esquire and Men’s Health. He has worked in publishing for four decades; serving as president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines, Executive Vice President of Conde Nast and other industry roles. Michael is a prime source for demographic data and marketing strategies that support under-served mature markets.

Callers were welcomed to join this refreshing conversation as Michael expounded on “Reimagineers” – who they are and how they can ignore the rules, pursue new passions and conceive a whole new script.