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The Leonard Lopate Show / August 25, 2004

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Wednesday, August 25, 2004
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  • Mel Brooks at the WNYC studios
    Mel Brooks at the WNYC studios

    From Brooks to Brooklyn

    The one and only Mel Brooks discusses the play Squeeze Box (produced by his wife Anne Bancroft), and life since The Producers”. We’ll talk to Utah State archaeologist Kevin Jones and David Hurst Thomas, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History, about the significance of the Fremont ruins at Range Creek in Utah. Kept under wraps on land owned by a 74-year-old cowboy, the ruins—which researchers are saying are some of the most important archeological remains in the country—were recently sold to the federal government. Then editor and contributor Tim McLoughlin and contributors Kenji Jasper and Ellen Miller join us to discuss the short story collection Brooklyn Noir. Finally, sports writer Alan Schwarz offers insight on the allure of baseball statistics in his new book The Numbers Game.

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks on Squeeze Box, written and performed by Anne Randolph, and produced by Mr. Brooks’s wife, Anne Bancroft. And he reflects on life after The Producers.

» More about Squeeze Box

Music: Soundtrack to The Producers, music by John Morris: “Background Music—Bar Scene” / “The Producers” Jump Start and Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: “Ragtime”

Kevin Jones, David Hurst Thomas, and Dr. Rosita Worl

Archaeologist Kevin Jones, American Museum of Natural History curator David Hurst Thomas, and Dr. Rosita Worl, chair of the Remains Review Committee of NAGPRA on the Native American archaeological ruins in Range Creek, Utah.

Music:Helium, Tin Hat Trio: “A Life in East Poultney” / “Sand Dog Blues”

Tim McLoughlin, Kenji Jasper, and Ellen Miller

Tim McLoughlin, Kenji Jasper, and Ellen Miller share stories from the new Brooklyn Noir collection.

Authors from the Brooklyn Noir collection will be reading on:

Thursday, August 26th at 7pm
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer St.

Tuesday, September 7th at 6pm
Crown Heights
Brooklyn Public Library
560 New York Ave. (at Maple St.)

Wednesday, September 8th at 7pm
Prospect Park / Prospect Heights
Central Brooklyn Library
Grand Army Plaza

» More on the book

Music:Jazz in Film, Terence Blanchard: “Clockers” / “Degas’ Racing World”

Alan Schwarz

Alan Schwarz on his book The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics.

» More on Alan Schwarz

Music:“Eple” by Royksopp

recipe

FDA to Regulate Tobacco?

The Leonard Lopate Show

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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- Joy Behar Discusses her Favorite Things.
- Michael Pollan on Food Rules
- David Hare on Director Stephen Daldry
- Tyne Daly on the Debut of her Cabaret Act
- Actors Roger Robinson and Chad Coleman on Joe Turner's Come and Gone

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?