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The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, May 26, 2004
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  • "The day After Tomorrow" (20th Century Fox )
    "The day After Tomorrow" (20th Century Fox )

    Hoodwinked?

    Iraqi ties to Al-Qaeda? Weapons of mass destruction? Imminent threat from Iraq? When members of the Bush administration made its case for war in Iraq, national security analyst John Prados thinks that they withheld some key information from the American public. He’s here to share intelligence reports and briefings from the CIA and the Pentagon. Then writer/director/producer Roland Emmerich talks about "The Day After Tomorrow," his new big-budget movie about global warming. It’s generating a lot of controversy. Also, burn units are no place for the squeamish – but Barbara Ravage shares some details about treatments for burn victims. Plus a look at the life of Antonin Careme, a man who might have been the very first celebrity chef.

John Prados

John Prados is an analyst with the National Security Archive, and has spent two decades observing the CIA. He’s the author of Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War.

» More about the book
» Visit the National Security Archive’s website

Music: Kodo "Wax Off"
Euphone "Fallout"

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich's "The Day After Tomorrow" takes a look at what might happen if the greenhouse effect and global warming continue at current levels. Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal co-star.

» Visit the film’s official website

Barbara Ravage

Barbara Ravage spent time at the nationally acclaimed burn unit of Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital. Her new book is Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames.

» Read more about the book
» Visit the Massachusetts General Hospital burn unit’s website

Music: Heat Soundtrack composer Eliot Goldenthal

Ian Kelly

Antonin Careme (1783–1833) was Europe’s most famous chef by the time he was in his late 20s. He cooked for royals and nobles and even baked Napoleon’s wedding cake. Ian Kelly has written a new biography of the man – it’s called Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef.

» Read more about the book and author

Music: Paisellp Quartetti Per Archi Vol 1. "Quartetto n. 5 in Mi bmolle Maggiore"

recipe

FDA to Regulate Tobacco?

The Leonard Lopate Show

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?