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The Leonard Lopate Show / March 03, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, March 03, 2004
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  • Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA)
    Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA)

    Germs in Our Midst

    Plum Island lies two miles off of Long Island and 85 miles from New York City, and it houses a U.S. government biological research center where scientists study exotic diseases and viruses. New York lawyer Michael C. Carroll is on the Leonard Lopate Show today to share his concerns that the research facility is dangerously insecure. He thinks that there might even be a link between Plum Island research and outbreaks of Lyme disease and the West Nile virus. Next is a discussion with The Atlantic Monthly's James Fallows on why post-war planning in Iraq isn’t going very smoothly. Then Jay Griffiths tells why there’s more to time than clocks. And prolific writer Jim Shepard shares his new novel and his new short story collection.

Michael C. Carroll

Michael C. Carroll is the author of Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory. It's based on his research of declassified government files and interviews with Plum Island scientists and employees.

» Read more about the book
» Visit the Plum Island Animal Disease Center’s website

Events: Michael Carroll talks and signs books on Wednesday, March 3rd at 7:30pm, Barnes & Noble, 396 Avenue of the Americas (8th St.)

Music: Deep Impact Soundtrack composer James Horner

James Fallows

James Fallows is The Atlantic Monthly's National Correspondent, and his article about the consequences of victory in Iraq, "The Fifty First State," won the 2003 National Magazine Award.

» Visit James Fallows’s website

Music: Bang on a Can All-Stars “Escalator” and “Betty’s Lament”

Jay Griffiths

Jay Griffiths' new book is A Sideways Look at Time. Griffiths is a British writer whose work has been published in the London Review of Books, The Guardian, The Observer, Ecologist magazine, and Resurgence magazine, of which she is an associate editor.

Music: The Secret Agent Soundtrack composer Phillip Glass

Jim Shepard

Jim Shepard, author of five previous novels, has two new books out concurrently. They are Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories and Project X.

» Read more about the author

Music: Benny and Joon Soundtrack composer Rachel Portman

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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?

The Leonard Lopate Show

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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?