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The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, April 09, 2004
  • Easter painting (William H Bardawil)

    Easter Celebration: Gospels, Spirituals and Hymns

    Leonard starts off the show by resurrecting some of his gospel music favorites in celebration of Easter. Then, guest host Marty Goldensohn sits in for Leonard for the rest of the show – first he talks with film scholar Kevin Brownlow about the legend of Cecil B. DeMille. Brownlow worked with DeMille’s family and collaborators to make a new documentary about the director. Then Ann Bookman explains how she thinks America’s working families can survive increasingly rigid work schedules, long commutes, and inadequate access to child care.

Easter Gospel Celebration

Leonard hosts his annual Easter gospel music special.

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Kevin Brownlow

Kevin Brownlow is the director of the documentary "Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic." Over the course of his successful four-decade career, Brownlow has worked as a film director and editor, restoration expert, and author.

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Events: Screening Date at the American Museum of the Moving Image(35th Avenue at the corner of 36th Street in Astoria) is April 10 at 4:00PM.

Music: The Ten Commandments Soundtrack composer Elmer Bernstein

Ann Bookman

Ann Bookman is currently Executive Director of the MIT Workplace Center at the Sloan School of Management, and was formerly the Policy and Research Director at the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. She’s the author of Starting in Our Own Backyards: How Working Families Can Build Community and Survive the New Economy.

Music: Big Fish Soundtrack composer Danny Elfman

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.