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Chaos in Congo
Since last week, when UN rebel factions seized the eastern Congo town of Bukavu, rioting has swept the country – most of it aimed at the UN peacekeepers who were unable to prevent Bukavu's capture. Journalist Bryan Mealer and former UN worker Alinka Konrad talk about the UN’s reaction, and how current President Joseph Kabila can keep the peace process going after the country’s devastating 5-year civil war. Then actor/author Gene Hackman and his co-author, Daniel Lenihan, talk about their latest venture into novel-writing. Plus, a conversation with three young chefs who are on their way to becoming celebrity chefs. And Edna Buchanan shares her latest suspense novel, Cold Case Squad.
Bryan Mealer and Alinka Konrad
Bryan Mealer reports on the current chaos in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mealer, a journalist Mealer, a journalist who’s traveled in the eastern parts of Congo, is the author of In the Valley of the Gun: A Massacre Unfolds in Eastern Congo in the May 2004 edition of Harper’s magazine. Alinka Konrad is a former UN worker who has just been in Bukavu; she's joining us by phone from Kenya.
Music: Musique Du Monde, Music from the World, Buda Records (track 7)
Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan
Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan are co-authors of Justice For None. It’s a cross between historical fiction and murder mystery. They’re also co-authors of 1999’s Wake of the Perdido Star.
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Events: Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan will give a talk, take questions, and sign books on Monday, June 7th at 7pm at the Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center
Music: Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era Volume III, Arden and Ohman, Pavilion Records (tracks 4, 8, 5)
Cornelius Gallagher, Brian Bistrong and Wylie Dufresne
The three young chefs are: Cornelius Gallagher, executive chef of Oceana; Brian Bistrong, executive chef of Josephs on 6th Ave. and 49th St.; and Wylie Dufresne, a James Beard nominee for Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2000 and current owner and chef of WD50 on the Lower East Side.
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Ocean Restaurant website
» Josephs restaraunt website
» WD50 website
Music: Jump Start and Jazz Two Ballets by Wynton Marsalis, Sony Classical (tracks 16 and 14)
Edna Buchanan
Edna Buchanan’s latest book, Cold Case Squad, is about the Miami Police Department's Sgt. Craig Burch, who says: "I breathe new life into old, cold cases and track killers whose trails vanished long ago like footprints on a sea washed beach."
» Go to Edna Buchanan’s website
Music: Rage in Harlem, Miramax Films (track 10)
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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.
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Frank McCourt
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Science and Faith
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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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.
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