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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, May 10, 2004
  • NPR's Bob Edwards (Cable Risdon)

    It's Nineteen Minutes After the Hour

    When NPR announced its plans to reassign Bob Edwards, longtime host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, it elicited a widespread response from listeners, many in protest. He talks about his reassignment and his latest project, a new book on the life of Edward R. Murrow. Marc Cooper on the lure of Sin City and his book The Last Honest Place in America. Andrew Wilson discusses the life of Patricia Highsmith. Director Mark St. Germain, who wrote and directed the new play, "Ears on a Beatle," about the FBI and John Lennon, is joined by lawyer Leon Wildes, who represented Lennon.

Bob Edwards

When NPR announced its plans to reassign Bob Edwards, longtime host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, it elicited a widespread response from listeners, many in protest. He talks about his reassignment and his latest project, a new book on the life of Edward R. Murrow entitled Edward R murrow and the birth of broadcast journalism.

Events: Bob Edwards will be appearing Monday, May 10 at 6pm Museum of Television and Radio, 25 West 52nd St. He will be speaking, reading and book signing Limited Tickets $15 $7 for students 212-621-6600

Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal

Marc Cooper

Marc Cooper on the lure of Sin City. His book is The Last Honest Place in America: In Search of Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas.

Music: The Grifters Sountrack composer Elmer Bernstein

Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson on the life of Patricia Highsmith, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith.

Music: Strangers on a Train Soundtrack composer Dimitri Tiomkin

Mark St. Germain and Leon Wildes

Director Mark St. Germain, who wrote and directed the new play, "Ears on a Beatle," about the FBI and John Lennon, is joined by lawyer Leon Wildes, who represented Lennon.

Music: John Lennon "Imagine"

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.