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The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, March 24, 2004
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  • Farah and the Shah in Aswan, 1979
    Farah and the Shah in Aswan, 1979

    The Shah's Widow

    Farah Pahlavi is the widow of the Shah of Iran, whose campaign to modernize his country ended when he was overthrown in 1979 by Khomeini’s opposition. The Pahlavis have been in exile ever since. She’s here to look back on her eventful life. Then journalist Jennifer Gonnerman on one woman’s imprisonment and the effects of the Rockefeller drug laws on one New York family. Joseph Rodriguez talks about his photographic study of California’s juvenile court system. (Rodriguez is himself a former inmate.) And filmmaker Rory Kennedy shares her new documentary, "A Boy’s Life," about a troubled child from Mississippi and his emotionally dysfunctional family.

Farah Pahlavi

Farah Pahlavi gives a personal account of the 1979 overthrow of the Shah of Iran in her new memoir. It's called An Enduring Love: My Life With the Shah: A Memoir.

» Visit Farah Pahlavi's website

Music: Marzieh "Tchar-Mezrab Dachti" "Overture"

Elaine Bartlett

Elaine Bartlett, a first-time drug offender, was sent to Bedford Hills prison for sixteen years. Jennifer Gonnerman tells her story in Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett.

Music: Meet Joe Black soundtrack, "The Question" "Served its Purpose"

Joseph Rodriguez

Juvenile, Photographer Joseph Rodriguez Photographer Joseph Rodriguez questions the efficacy of California's juvenile court system in his book, Juvenile.

» Read more about it and see some of the photographs

Music: Let Him Have It "Let Him Have It" "The Petition"

Rory Kennedy

Rory Kennedy's new documentary for HBO is "A Boy’s Life." It premieres on Wednesday, March 24th.

» Read more about the documentary
» Visit the filmmaker's website

Music: Let Him Have It "Chris"

genome

Science and Faith

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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?

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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

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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?