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The Leonard Lopate Show / June 03, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, June 03, 2003
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    Good News For Diners

    Ruth Reichl, editor of Gourmet magazine joins Drew Nieporent, owner of Nobu and Montrachet, to explain how tough times for restaurants can actually be good news for diners. National Book Award winner Elaine Pagels discusses her latest book on the discovery of the secret Gospel of Thomas, Beyond Belief. Documentary filmmaker Sam Green joins former SDS leader/weatherman Mark Rudd to discuss the new film based on the young radicals bombing of the US capitol, The Weather Underground. Plus, Afghani-born Khaled Hosseini talks about his first novel, The Kite Runner.

Ruth Reichl and Drew Nieporent

Ruth Reichl, editor of Gourmet magazine, joins Drew Nieporent, owner of Nobu and Montrachet, to explain how tough times for restaurants can actually be good news for diners.

Music: Swingtime! by The Canadian Brass. Tracks #6 and #12.

Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels won the National Book Award for her groundbreaking work The Gnostic Gospels. She discusses her latest book on the discovery of the secret Gospel of Thomas, Beyond Belief.

Elaine Pagels gives a reading and Q&A at the Lenox Hill Bookstore (1018 Lexington @73rd) at 7pm tonight.

Music: "O vis aeternitatis," "Alma redemptoris mater" and "Nunc aperuit nobis" by Hildegard von Bingen

Sam Green and Mark Rudd

Documentary filmmaker Sam Green joins former SDS leader/weatherman Mark Rudd to discuss the new film based on the young radicals bombing of the US capitol, The Weather Underground.

Music: Thundercat Newman's "Hollywood Dream." Side 2, tracks 5 and 7.

Khaled Hosseini

Afghani-born Khaled Hosseini, with his first novel, The Kite Runner.

Khaled Kosseini will be interviewed by Leonard on June 4th at 7 pm at CUNY (365 Fifth Ave. between 34th and 35th). Admission is free.

Music: "Pakistani Music: The Rubab of Kashmir."Track #1.

recipe

FDA to Regulate Tobacco?

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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.

Video Pick: Elizabeth Edwards

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Elizabeth Edwards discusses how to best cope with lifes difficulties in her book Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities.

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James Beard

Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award

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On May 3, the Lopate Show won its third James Beard Award for our 3-ingredient challenge. In August, we asked our listeners to call in and name 3 ingredients and then challenged New York chef and 3-ingredient expert Rozanne Gold to whip up a recipe! You can listen to the 3-ingredient challenge and get some inspiration for simple, delicious, and unexpected dishes.

Leonard is on Facebook

Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama, Circa 2004

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Listen to President-Elect 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.

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?