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Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Mark Alan Stamaty talks about the process of turning his beloved comic strip into a graphic novel that New York Review Books calls “a thrilling, surprising, unexpectedly moving ode to art, life, and New... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Marcus Chown reveals some of the best-kept secrets in the universe. Did you know that the electrical energy in a single mosquito is enough to cause a global mass extinction? Or that out there... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Monona Rossol talks about recent research on the health effects of vaping and tattoos, and takes your calls. Monona Rossol is a chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist. She was born into a theatrical family... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Monona Rossol talks about recent research on the health effects of vaping and tattoos, and takes your calls.

Monona Rossol is a chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist. She was born into a theatrical family and worked as a professional entertainer from age 3 to 17. Currently, she is the president of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing health and safety services to the arts.

Monona is also is the Health and Safety Director for Local 829 of the United Scenic Artists, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and has lectured throughout North America and Europe.

In this edition of Leonard Lopate, we explore what it’s like to dance for a master choreographer.

Bettijane Sills and Elizabeth McPherson are the authors of “Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir,” a behind-the-scenes look at the New York City Ballet during George Balanchine’s 35-years as artistic director.

“Dancing with Merce Cunningham” is Marianne Preger-Simon’s captivating memoir of her lifelong creative collaboration and friendship with one of the choreographic geniuses of our time.

Join us for a discussion of what it was like working with these two iconic choreographers of the 20th century.

In this edition of Leonard Lopate, we explore what it’s like to dance for a master choreographer. Bettijane Sills and Elizabeth McPherson are the authors of “Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir,” a behind-the-scenes look at the New York City... Read More ›

Today ahead of their “Lawyers For The Left” panel discussion March 31 at 3pm at Lipton Hall at the NYU School of Law Leonard Lopate at Large presents Michael Smith joined by Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the cofounder and executive director of the Partnership For Civil Justice in Washington DC and Glen Ford, executive director of Black Agenda Report.

Michael Smith’s new book “Lawyers for the Left: In The Courts In the Streets And On The Air”profiles a range of lawyers who, as radicals and socialists, devoted their careers to representing victims of injustice rather than the rich and the privileged.

Their clients included Martin Luther King and Angela Davis, the prisoners in the infamous massacre at Attica, people who suffered torture, police abuse, mass arrests, and segregation.

Stories like these even start to give lawyers a good name.

Today ahead of their “Lawyers For The Left” panel discussion March 31 at 3pm at Lipton Hall at the NYU School of Law Leonard Lopate at Large presents Michael Smith joined by Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the cofounder and executive director of... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Mother Jones reporter Julia Lurie details the major health hazards rehab recruiters are exposing recovering addicts to under the guise of trying to help.

“The offer was too good to resist: Go to rehab for a week, get $1,000 in cash. It was early 2017, and Brianne, a 20-year-old from a woody Atlanta suburb, had come to South Florida to leave her heroin addiction behind,” read the opening lines of Julia Lurie’s feature article in the latest issue of Mother Jones magazine entitled “Hooked: How rehab recruiters are luring recovering opioid addicts into a deadly cycle.”