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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, December 05, 2002
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    Controversial Cuisine

    Are genetically modified organisms the answer to the world’s hunger problems or a health and environmental threat? Bill Lambrecht discusses his book Dinner at the New Gene Café. Vogue food critic Jeffrey Steingarten shares his thoughts on food, everything from truffle hunting in Italy to his search for the perfect salt. Film scholar David Thompson shares his views on movie making, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. Plus Arthur Bradford shares his collection of short stories, Dogwalker.

Bill Lambrecht

Are genetically modified organisms the answer to the world’s hunger problems or a health and environmental threat? Bill Lambrecht discusses his new book Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food.

Music: Outbreak soundtrack composer James Newton Howard
Shawshank Redemption soundtrack composer Thomas Newman

Jeffrey Steingarten

Vogue food critic Jeffrey Steingarten shares his thoughts on food, everything from truffle hunting in Italy to his search for the perfect salt. His book is called It Must Have Been Something I Ate: And Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits.

Music: Raymond Scott The Chesterfied Arrangements 1937-38 tracks 14, 15

David Thompson

Film scholar David Thompson shares his views on movie making, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.

Music: Suspicion sountrack composer Franz Waxman
All About Eve soundtrack composer Alfred Newman

Arthur Bradford

Arthur Bradford shares his collection of short stories, Dogwalker. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.

Music: Arthur Bradford "They Might Be Giants vs. McSweeney's"

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

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August 08, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is Sen. John McCain’s VP running mate. To find out more about Gov. Palin and Alaska politics, check out our States of the Union: Alaska segment from Aug. 8, 2008.

Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show

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Sen. Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to be his running mate. To find out more about his personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Barack Obama, Circa 2004

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As the Democratic Convention is underway in Denver, listen to Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.

John McCain in 2000

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Sen. John McCain spoke with Leonard in September 2000 about his memoir, Faith of My Fathers. He discussed his family's naval background, his time in POW camps, as well as his own presidential ambitions for the 2000 election.

States of the Union

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Why is New York a blue state, Wyoming a red, and Ohio a shade of purple? Looking ahead to Election Day 2008, Leonard talks to journalists, scholars, and activists from each of the 50 states to find out what motivates voters from Maine to California.

Guest Picks

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Find out surprising facts about some recent guests on the Leonard Lopate Show. Check out our Guest Picks section! Did you know that football star Herschel Walker loves Judge Judy, Laurie Anderson is a big fan of agility training for dogs, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi likes Johnny Depp?