James Irsay's guest appearances

James Irsay

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

Donald Trump

Alex Gibney

Ray Isle

Karen Cooper

Marc Lamont Hill

Randy Shaw

Walt Whitman

Caitlin Zaloom

Grace Lee

Sarah Parcak

James Wilson

Orson Welles

Ed Schoenfeld

Marion Nestle

Tom Philpott

OwlTail

James Irsay, celebrated concert pianist and the host of the classical music program “Morning Irsay” Friday mornings from 10am to noon on WBAI, has been a fixture of New York City’s FM dial for decades. As a music student he studied with Jorge Bolet, John Ogdon, Sasha Gorodnitzki, Ernst Krenek, Peter “PDQ Bach” Schickele and Jacob Druckman. As a performer, Irsay has performed with Itzak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman, Raymond Lewenthal and Alan Titus. His radio show has won the Major Armstrong Award the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Award and the National Public Radio, Ohio State Award. Join two icons of New York radio for a fun, freewheeling conversation.

James Irsay talks to Leonard about his storied career in music and radio. (August 31, 2018)