The Leonard Lopate Show
From Books to Bookies
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Gurus on how-to Ubell and Son take listener calls on home repair. Then, documentary filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy shares his latest film about a group of students at a California public school struggling to put on the school’s first play in over twenty years, OT: Our Town. Katy Lederer, author of Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers explains how her family’s academic pursuits led to professional gambling. And Sheri Holman discusses her latest novel, The Mammoth Cheese.
Scott Hamilton Kennedy and Catherine Borek
Documentary filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy shares his latest film about a group of students at a public school in Compton, California struggling to put on the school’s first play in over twenty years, OT: Our Town. Catherine Borek, a teacher at the highschool featured in OT, will also join.
Music: Tupac "California Love"
Katy Lederer
Katy Lederer explains how her family’s academic pursuits led to professional gambling, Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers. Read an excerpt of Lederer's book in the Reading room.
Music: The Grifters Soundtrack composer Elmer Bernstein
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