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The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, January 16, 2004
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  • Andy Serkis is Gollum
    Andy Serkis is Gollum. Photo by Melissa Eagan

    Gollum

    Airs weekdays at noon
    Andy Serkis’s work as Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” began as just a three-week voiceover commission, but it turned into a five-year project. He is here to explain how he brought Gollum to life.

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis has just written Gollum: A Behind the Scenes Guide of the Making of Gollum.

See the film’s website.

•Music: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: #1,9, 11, & 18 (composed by Howard Shore)

Ken Wells

The new book Herd on the Street: Animal Stories from The Wall Street Journal tells stories of depressed dogs, chimpanzees retired from the Air Force, and taste-tester cats. Ken Wells is the book’s editor.

Read more about the book.

•Music: Raymond Scott The Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-38 “Mexican Jumping Bean” and “The Penguin”

Saadi Yacef

Battle of Algiers The 1965 agitprop film “The Battle of Algiers” was based on producer and star Saadi Yacef’s memoirs. It’s now showing at the Film Forum through January 29th.

Visit the Film Forum’s website


•Music: Wings of Courage Soundtrack composer Gabriel Yared

genome

Science and Faith

The Leonard Lopate Show

Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.

recipe

FDA to Regulate Tobacco?

The Leonard Lopate Show

May 14, 2009
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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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?