Today, Leonard has quite a treat for you as he talks with Susan Silver about what is was like working as one of the only female writers on iconic sitcoms like “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Maude,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Partridge Family.”
As the lyrics from the iconic Mary Tyler Moore Show said, “She made it after all!” From another Midwestern town, Milwaukee, with all its 1960’s values and normalcy, Susan went on to fame and fortune in Hollywood, had a successful career as one of the first women in TV sitcoms, and reinvented herself in different prominent arenas in New York.

On Today's Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard's guest is Frederick Wiseman, one of the nation’s preeminent documentarians, discussing his latest project as well as...
On today's Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard has a conversation with Andrew Roberts on Winston Churchill, and Robert's new book Churchill: Walking with Destiny....
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Leonard has a conversation with Dr. Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, an urbanist, curator, and artist known for her pioneering work...