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Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Bret Wood, of the film distribution company Kino Lobber, talks about curating a new series at Film Forum celebrating an absurd movement in film history entitled “Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture.”

In the years when Hollywood was under the tight control of the Production Code Authority, a new breed of movie mercenary-impresario brazenly broke every rule on depicting taboo subjects (primarily sex, drugs and childbirth) in films produced under the auspices of being morally uplifting.

More carny showmen than movie moguls, wily entrepreneurs like Kroger Babb and Dwain Esper exhibited these films “roadshow” style, with garish lobby displays, live lectures and souvenirs.

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Bret Wood, of the film distribution company Kino Lobber, talks about curating a new series at Film Forum celebrating an absurd movement in film history entitled “Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard and his guests examine the fight in New York City over whether adjunct professors deserve to be paid higher wages. With Emily Barnett, president of ACT-UAW Local 7902; Cagla Orpen of the Academic Student Workers at New School; Barbara Bowen, president of CUNY’s Professional Staff Congress and CUNY adjunct professors Thomas Smith and Chris Wright.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the last year recorded, fall of 2016, of 1.5 million college faculty members, 47 percent were part time workers. Yet for many adjunct professors, their salary is a small fraction of what the tenured profs in their own department make.

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard and his guests examine the fight in New York City over whether adjunct professors deserve to be paid higher wages. With Emily Barnett, president of ACT-UAW Local 7902; Cagla Orpen of the Academic... Read More ›

On Leonard Lopate at Large today, Leonard has a conversation with Joe Strupp on the powerful themes Joe explores in the book “Killing Journalism: How Greed, Laziness (and Donald Trump) Are Destroying News and How We Can Save It”

For 20 years, Joe Strupp reported on the journalism industry for Media Matters and Editor & Publisher magazine.

Now, in “Killing Journalism: How Greed, Laziness (and Donald Trump) Are Destroying News and How We Can Save It,” Strupp lays out decades of history, expert reporting and insider knowledge in his take on the state of journalism, past and present, and what those working in the industry must do in order to survive.

On Leonard Lopate at Large today, Leonard has a conversation with Joe Strupp on the powerful themes Joe explores in the book “Killing Journalism: How Greed, Laziness (and Donald Trump) Are Destroying News and How We Can Save It” For... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, sociologist Katherine S. Newman talks about her book “Downhill from Here: Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality,” and why she believes the current American retirement crisis touches us all, cutting across class lines and generational divides.

As millions of Baby Boomers reach their golden years, the state of retirement in America is little short of a disaster.

Nearly half the households with people aged 55 and older have no retirement savings at all. The real estate crash wiped out much of the home equity that millions were counting on to support their retirement. And the typical Social Security check covers less than 40 percent of pre-retirement wages.

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, sociologist Katherine S. Newman talks about her book “Downhill from Here: Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality,” and why she believes the current American retirement crisis touches us all, cutting across class lines... Read More ›

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, a lively discussion with author Diana Senechal on why words matter.

It’s hard to deny that the English language has become more lazy and frivolous in recent years. We rely on clichés to communicate feelings that are far removed from any deeper meaning. In a culture of “takeaways” and buzzwords, an individual needs vigilance and discipline to keep direct, expressive language alive.

In “Mind over Memes: Passive Listening, Toxic Talk, and Other Modern Language Follies,” Diana Senechal examines words, concepts, and phrases that demand reappraisal. Targeting a variety of terms, the author contends that a “good fit” may not always be desirable; delivers a takedown of the adjective “toxic” and argues that “social justice” must take its place among other justices.

Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, a lively discussion with author Diana Senechal on why words matter. It’s hard to deny that the English language has become more lazy and frivolous in recent years. We rely on clichés to communicate... Read More ›