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Leonard Lopate, the Peabody and James Beard Award-winning broadcaster, is back on WBAI 99.5fm where he began his broadcasting career, weekdays 1-2pm at 99.5fm or streaming at WBAI.org.

“Leonard Lopate at Large” features the same lively, in-depth daily conversations with the nation’s preeminent thinkers, scientists, artists, journalists, economists, farmers, musicians, historians, authors and politicians that have marked Lopate's revered career in radio for more than four decades.

Latest Episodes


Tue, May 30, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World

Guests: David Gessner

Tue, May 30, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World

Guests: David Gessner

Mon, May 29, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Kathryn and Ross Petras on word usage and pronunciation

Guests: Kathryn and Ross Petras

Mon, May 29, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Kathryn and Ross Petras on word usage and pronunciation

Guests: Kathryn and Ross Petras

Fri, May 26, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Christina Gerhardt’s SEA CHANGE

Guests: Christina Gerhardt

Fri, May 26, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Christina Gerhardt’s SEA CHANGE

Guests: Christina Gerhardt

Fri, May 26, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Christina Gerhardt’s SEA CHANGE

Guests: Christina Gerhardt

Fri, May 26, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Christina Gerhardt’s SEA CHANGE

Guests: Christina Gerhardt

Thu, May 25, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Ian Buruma on The Collaborators

Guests: Ian Buruma

Thu, May 25, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Ian Buruma on The Collaborators

Guests: Ian Buruma

Tue, May 23, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Headline Bob Hennelly of Stuck Nation

Guests: Bob Hennelly

Tue, May 23, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Headline Bob Hennelly of Stuck Nation

Guests: Bob Hennelly

Mon, May 22, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Steve Drummond on The WatchDog

Guests: Steve Drummond

Mon, May 22, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Steve Drummond on The WatchDog

Guests: Steve Drummond

Fri, May 19, 2023

12:00 AM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Christopher Reddy on Communicating Science in a Crisis

Guests: Christopher Reddy

Fri, May 19, 2023

12:00 AM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Christopher Reddy on Communicating Science in a Crisis

Guests: Christopher Reddy

Thu, May 18, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Don Kettl on the hidden crisis, The end of Title 42

Guests: Don Kettl

Thu, May 18, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Don Kettl on the hidden crisis, The end of Title 42

Guests: Don Kettl

Wed, May 17, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Law Professor Ahmed White on Under the Iron Heel

Guests: Law Professor Ahmed White

Wed, May 17, 2023

1:00 PM

Hosts: Leonard Lopate

Topics: Law Professor Ahmed White on Under the Iron Heel

Guests: Law Professor Ahmed White