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The Leonard Lopate Show / June 08, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, June 08, 2004
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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.

» More about the book

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

recipe

FDA to Regulate Tobacco?

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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.

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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?