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The Leonard Lopate Show / April 13, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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  • Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America
    Something From the Oven

    Remembrance of Things Paris

    From post-war food shortages to Alice B. Toklas to three-star cuisine and slow food, Paris is one of the world’s capitols of gastronomy. Food writer and editor Ruth Reichl talks with Leonard about Parisian food. Then Laura Shapiro looks at food across the Atlantic – the reinvention of American eating habits after World War II. Philip Longman challenges the commonplace belief that we should be worrying about global overpopulation – he thinks that reduced fertility and global aging are the real problems. And we take a look at the life of Gordon Langley Hall, a society figure who became known as Dawn Langley Hall after a sex change operation in the 1960s.

Ruth Reichl

Ruth Reichl talks about Parisian cuisine and why French food has been considered by many to be the world’s best. Reichl is editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine.

Music: The Canadian Brass Swingtime! (RCAVictor)—tracks 4 and 12

Laura Shapiro

According to Laura Shapiro, the 1950s eating revolution in the United States was the result of a war-induced overcapacity for food production and preservation. The food industry had to figure out how to get American housewives to use more canned and frozen food. Shapiro is the author of Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America.

Events: Laura Shapiro talks with Molly O'Neill on Tuesday April 13th at 6:30PM at the NY Public Library in the Forum in South Court (5th ave and 42nd st)

Music: The Ice Storm Soundtrack (Velvel records)—track 1

Philip Longman

Philip Longman is the author of The Empty Cradle: Freedom and Fertility in an Aging World. He claims the shrinking global population might lead to an explosion of fundamentalism and the collapse of both free markets and health care.

Music: A Shock To The System Soundtrack (Windham hill Productions)—tracks 2 and 5

Edward Ball

Edward Ball’s new book is Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love. It's a biography of Gordon Langley Hall (later known as Dawn), who shocked 1960s Charleston society.

Music: Terence Blanchard Jazz in Film (Sony Classical)—track 3

Bill Richardson on Diplomacy

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New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.

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Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show

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NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.

Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System

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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.

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?