A note from our Executive Producer: Before the show starts officially, I wanted to say something. I'm Melissa Eagan. Some of you who listen til the very end of the show might recognize my name as the Executive Producer. My staff and I hope to continue to provide the kind of stimulating conversation over a broad range of topics that you, our listeners, have come to expect from the Leonard Lopate Show where I've worked with pride for some thirty years and three different show names. We've felt so much support from you, our devoted audience, over the years and we hope we can keep that trust.
Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman discusses his new book Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America. Actor Rufus Collins, along with director Ciaran O'Reilly and Pullitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon discuss the Irish Repertory Theatre stage adaption of James Joyce’s The Dead, playing at the American Irish Historical Society through January 7. Adam Strauss is the writer/performer of “The Mushroom Cure,” a one-man show about his attempts to cure his OCD with hallucinogenic mushrooms. It's playing at Theater 80 on St. Marks Pl. until January 7. Ingmar Gorman is a clinical psychologist studying the use of MDMA in treating PTSD. Keith Blanchard, CEO of Teamstream Productions, talks about his book, It's All in Your Head: Brain Storms, Gray Matter, and What Makes You You.