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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, July 07, 2003
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    Play Ball!

    Daniel Marvin, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Special Forces and former Green Beret in Vietnam, gives an inside account of the elite fighting force and explains how covert operations have developed over the past thirty years. Then, Roger Kahn gives an in-depth account of the Yankee’s legendary season of '78 when they went head to head with the Boston Red Sox, October Men. Louis Masur looks back 100 years to America’s very first world series in 1903, between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. And Roger Angell and Elizabeth Warren talk about the new exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum dedicated to baseball history, The Perfect Game: America Looks At Baseball.

Daniel Marvin

Daniel Marvin, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Special Forces and former Green Beret in Vietnam, gives an inside account of the elite fighting force and explains how covert operations have developed over the past thirty years, Expendable Elite: One Soldier's Journey into Covert Warfare.

Roger Kahn

Roger Kahn gives an in-depth account of the Yankee’s legendary season of '78 when they went head to head with the Boston Red Sox, October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978.

Louis Masur

Louis Masur looks back 100 years to America’s very first world series in 1903, between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates, Autumn Glory: Baseball's First World Series.

Roger Angell and Elizabeth Warren

Roger Angell and Elizabeth Warren talk about the new exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum dedicated to baseball history, The Perfect Game: America Looks At Baseball.

National Book Award Winners

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A number of this year’s National Book Award winners have appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show. Click here to see the list!

Tributes: Jeanne-Claude

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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.

Please Explain: Eco-Labels

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Your broccoli, shampoo, and air conditioner might bear labels declaring them to be organic, cruelty-free, or energy efficient, but what do those labels mean and are they true? Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Project Director for Consumer Reports' GreenerChoices.org and Consumers Union’s Senior Scientist for Policy Initiatives, and Dara O'Rourke, founder and CEO of GoodGuide.com, took a look at what eco-labels indicate, how standards are set, and what they mean for consumers and manufacturers around the world.

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.