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Life with the Shah
Farah Pahlavi is the widow of the Shah of Iran, whose campaign to modernize his country ended when he was overthrown in 1979 by Khomeini’s opposition. The Pahlavis have been in exile ever since. She’s here to look back on her eventful life and her memoir, An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah. According to Laura Shapiro, the 1950s eating revolution in the United States was the result of a war-induced overcapacity for food production and preservation. The food industry had to figure out how to get American housewives to use more canned and frozen food. Shapiro is the author of Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America. And Nicholson Baker discusses his controversial new novella, Checkpoint, in which one main character is fixated on assassinating President Bush.
Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi gives a personal account of the 1979 overthrow of the Shah of Iran in her new memoir: An Enduring Love: My Life With the Shah: A Memoir.
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Music: Marzieh "Tchar-Mezrab Dachti" "Overture"
Laura Shapiro
Laura Shapiro looks at food across the Atlantic and the reinvention of American eating habits after World War II in Something from the Oven.
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Music: The Ice Storm Soundtrack (Velvel records)—track 1
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker discuses the literary and political implications of writing about the assassination of a sitting president. His new book is titled Checkpoint.
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Music:Soundtrack to Primal Fear, music by James Newton Howard: “Courtroom Montage” / “Got an Aspirin?”
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Tributes: Kate McGarrigle
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Folk singer Kate McGarrigle, who gained acclaim for a series of projects with her sister Anna, died Monday, Jan. 18, from a rare form of cancer. She left behind a family of talented musicians, including her sister, son Rufus Wainwright, and daughter Martha Wainwright. McGarrigle appeared on The Leonard Lopate show with her sister in December 2005, ahead of their holiday show at Carnegie Hall.
Monona Rossol on 50 Million Chemicals
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On September 7, 2009, scientists working for the Chemical Abstract Service (which assigns identification numbers to all new chemicals) entered the 50-millionth chemical substance into their Registry. Chemist and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol, President and Founder of Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, took a look at what all these new substances are, where they are coming from, and how they affect our health. Rossol also responded to listener comments and questions. You can read her answers here.
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National Book Award Winners
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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!
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.
