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No Shortage of Challenges
This week's "Underreported" segment will examine the current political and economic struggles besetting the Dominican Republic. President-elect Leonel Fernandez is set to take office on August 16th. Among the challenges he will face are a troubled economy, fuel and energy shortages, and a national health care system on the verge of collapse. We’ll speak to Leonel Fernandez by phone from the Dominican Republic. We’ll also hear from Jeff Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology. Then Roya Hakakian shares her memoir, Journey From the Land of No, about her experiences growing up during the 1979 revolution in Iran. Jacob Slichter relates the lessons he learned from making it as a drummer for the rock band Semisonic in his new book, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star. Finally, Kent Jones from the Film Society of Lincoln Center discusses the current retrospective on the legendary American director Anthony Mann.
Underreported: Dominican Republic
This week’s edition of "Underreported" focuses on the Dominican Republic. We talk to President-elect Leonel Fernandez, Jeff Sachs, the director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology.
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Music:
"Suite Folklorica Dominicana" by Luis Dias
"El Molde (Bachata)" by Willie Lapache
From the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album Quisqueya en el Hudson: Dominican Music in New York City
Roya Hakakian
Roya Hakakian on her memoir, Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran.
» Read an excerpt of Journey from the Land of No in the Reading Room
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Events: Roya Hakakian will be appearing on:
Tuesday, 8/17 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place, NYC
Music: Monadjat, by Marzieh: "Manadjat Ouverture" / "Tchar-Mezrab Dachti"
Jacob Slichter
Jacob Slichter offers advice to aspiring musicians: So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life.
» Read an excerpt of So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star in the Reading Room
» More on the book
Music: "Closing Time" and "Over My Head" by Semisonic
Events: Jacob Slichter will be speaking and signing books:
Tonight, 8/12 at 7:30pm
Community Bookstore
212 Court St. at Warren St.
Kent Jones
Kent Jones on the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s retrospective: Dark Streets and Vast Horizons: The American Vision of Anthony Mann.
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Music: Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Songs 2, The City of Prague Philharmonic: "Blue-The River"
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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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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.
