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The Leonard Lopate Show / June 18, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, June 18, 2004
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  • The Two Americas
    The Two Americas

    The Great Divide

    Pollster Stanley Greenberg breaks down the Democratic/Republican divide in the U.S. into identifiable factions - "F-You Boys," "Super-Educated Women," and "Privileged Men," to name a few – and shares his hopes for an end to the deadlock. Then, a look at how Funny Cide shocked the horseracing world by winning both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 2003. And linguistics professor Geoffrey Nunberg explains how words like "blog" and the mispronunciation "nucular" became common, and what they tell us about American culture.

Stanley Greenberg

Stanley Greenberg’s book is The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break It. Greenberg was part of Clinton’s 1992 re-election team.

Sally Jenkins, Dave Mahan and Eric Dattne

Sally Jenkins is the author of Funny Cide: How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and Blue Bloods...and Won. Dave Mahan and Eric Dattner are two of Funny Cide’s owners.

» Visit Funny Cide's website

Geoffrey Nunberg

Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguistics professor at Stanford and a regular language commentator on NPR. His recent book is Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Times.

» More about Geoffrey Nunberg

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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.

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?