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Homeland Security
Not many people know much about America’s immigration prison system run by Homeland Security (formerly the INS), but journalist Mark Dow has gone behind the scenes to some of its holding facilities. He talks about the charges that beatings, racism, and psychological torture are all part of the everyday experiences of some detainees. Then Joan Blades of MoveOn.org explains what she’s been doing to get people to vote Democratic in the upcoming 2004 elections. Novelist/memoirist Kathryn Harrison talks about her complex relationship with her mother. And a discussion with cabaret singer Karen Akers.
Mark Dow
Mark Dow is the author of American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons. He also co-edited 2002’s Machinery of Death: The Reality of America's Death Penalty Regime.
» More about the book and author
» Visit the Department of Homeland Security’s website
Music: "Instrumental Tracks 7/8/03" – Tracks 7, 2
Joan Blades
Joan Blades is a founder of MoveOn.org, which has just put out a book called Moveon's 50 Ways To Love Your Country: How To Find Your Political Voice And Become A Catalyst For Change. MoveOn.org is an online activist group with more than 2 million members.
» Visit MoveOn.org
Music: "Erin Brockovich S/T" – Tracks 10, 15, 18
Kathryn Harrison
In her new memoir, The Mother Knot, Kathryn Harrison details her struggle to resolve angry feelings towards her deceased mother. Her previous memoir was The Kiss.
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Events: Kathryn Harrison will be speaking and signing books on Friday June 11th at 7pm, Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at West 66th Street
Music: "The Hours S/T" – Tracks 2, 4
Karen Akers
Karen Akers is one America’s most successful cabaret singers. She recently had an engagement at the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room.
»Visit Karen Akers’s website
Music: "Karen Akers: If We Only Have Love" – Tracks 4, 8
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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.
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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.
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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.
