Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Randy Shaw expands on the themes of housing inequity that he explores in his book.
In cities across the country, skyrocketing rents and home values are forcing the young, the non-rich, and the non-white out of cities—or pricing them out before they move in—leaving urban America less diverse, less vibrant, and less fair.
In his new book, “Generation Priced Out: Who Gets To Live in the New Urban America,” housing advocate Randy Shaw challenges progressive cities to reverse rising economic and racial inequality and offers specific strategies to do it.
Today, in studio, Leonard talks with Alexander Newley, the British artist best known for his ‘portrait of a portrait’ type paintings of some of...
Prize-winning concert pianist and exceptional raconteur James Irsay makes music exciting! On today’s show Leonard interviews WBAI show host James Irsay! James specializes in...
Today, Phillip Lopate will join us for an “Underread Book Club” discussion of Turgenev’s late masterpiece “Virgin Soil.” When it was published in1877, Turgenev...