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Suburban SweatshopsFrom the Top Down
Sweatshops aren't just in cities and developing countries. Today, we'll investigate suburban sweatshops in places like Long Island. Then, one of France's best dramatists, Jean-Claude Carriere, looks into 16th c. Catholic church morals in his new play, The Controversy of Valladolid. New York musician Butch Morris explains his ambitious new project - he's conducting different ensembles every day of the week for the entire month of February. And we'll find out how a group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors may have been seriously cheated by the U.S. government.
Malls, Cul-de-sacs, and Sweatshops
On Long Island, many Hispanic laborers have to work in unsafe conditions. Jennifer Gordon is the author of Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight For Immigrant Rights. She's also founder of the Workplace Project, which helps immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island.
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More about Jennifer Gordon's book
Music:
Erin Brockovich soundtrack (Thomas Newman) #2/1
Holy Wars
Jean-Claude Carriere is a French screenwriter, dramatist, and iconoclast who's collaborated with the likes of Luis Bunuel and Jean-Luc Godard. Now he's brought his award-winning play, The Controversy of Valladolid, to the Public Theatre. It's about the debate in the 16th century Vatican over the legal and moral status of the indigenous population of the Americas.
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More about The Controversy of Valladolid
Music:
Carriere: Rene Clemencic et ses flutes (#2) (Harmonia Mundi)
Conduction
Butch Morris is a great innovator in jazz, new music, improvisation, and contemporary classical music. He'll be conducting ensembles every single night during Black February 2005. It's his celebration of 20 years of Conduction, a musical and improvisational art that he's developed.
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More about Butch Morris
» See the schedule of events for Black February 2005 (PDF)
Music:
Holy Sea, Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris and ORT - Orchestra della Toscana: "57E1"
Top-Level Looting
A class action suit has been filed against the United States on behalf of Hungarian Holocaust survivors. The suit claims that the US Army confiscated the plaintiffs' personal property during WWII, and never returned it to its rightful owners! Leonard talks to Michael Waldman, an attorney working on the case. We'll also hear from Dr. Gabor Somjen and Agnes Somjen by telephone. They are Holocaust survivors who were among the lead plaintiffs in the case.
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Some background on the Gold Train lawsuit
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More about Michael Waldman
» More about the lawsuit
Music:
Charlotte Gray soundtrack (Stephen Warbeck/Sony Classical) #1
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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.
