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Spring in the Air
Every year, Leonard Lopate plays some of his favorite Gospel songs in honor of Good Friday and Easter. Then, playwright Austin Pendleton and actor John Judd tell us about the new procuction Orson’s Shadow. Dr. Peter Green, from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, tells about a little-known, though fairly common, ailment: celiac disease. Finally, on our weekly Please Explain feature we delve into the science and history of making honey.
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A Gospel Celebration
Leonard Lopate’s annual Good Friday and Easter Gospel show.
Music:
CD2/16 "The Sun Didn’t Shine" Alphabetical 4 (as good as it gets/1943)
3 "Wasn’t It a Pity How They Punished My Lord" Clara Ward & the Famous Ward Singers (Martha Bass)
16 "Poor Little Jesus" Marion Williams (My Soul Looks Back )
12 "One Day" The Soul Stirrers (Just a Closer…) [RH Harris/Aladdin c1947]
14 "Out on a Hill" The Soul Stirrers (Beloved Songs of Easter) [Johnnie Taylor and Paul Foster]
10 "I’m Glad Salvation Is Free" Mahalia Jackson (The Apollo Sessions Vol. 2 1946-1951)
9 "The Hammer Rings" Mme. Edna Gallmon Cooke (Beloved Songs of Easter/3:02)
15 "Jesus, Jesus" Spirit of Memphis (Jed Bledsoe, Silas Steele 1949)
10 "How Jesus Died" Pilgrim Travelers (Beloved Songs of Easter/3:02) [Geo. McCurn, bass; Jess Whitaker, baritone lead, early 50’s]
11 "That Day on Calvary" Swan Silvertones (Belov’d Sgs of Easter/ 2:33) [Claude Jeter]
5 "Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down" Sis Rosetta Tharpe (the gospel sound of spirit feel
Orson's Shadow
Playwright Austin Pendleton and actor John Judd on Orson’s Shadow--a new play that tries to imagine how the larger-than-life personalities of theater critic Kenneth Tynan, Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, and Vivien Leigh interacted behind the scenes of the 1960 stage production of Rhinoceros at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Music:
Cinema Century (Silva Treasury) Disc 1, Track 6
Celiac Disease
Dr. Peter Green from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, discusses the digestive disorder celiac disease: the inability to digest gluten.
Events:
Family screening for celiac disease
Saturday, April 2nd (8am-5 pm)
Columbia University Medical Center
701 West 168th Street, at the Hammer Building
registration is $25 per person
» More information
Music:
The Hours Soundtrack (Nonesuch Records) Track 5
Robbing the Bees
Holley Bishop, author of Robbing the Bees, and Dr. Mike Stanghellini, an entomologist and extension specialist at Rutgers, detail the making of honey on our regular Friday feature, Please Explain.
» Visit the Expert Forum on Honey Bees for more information
» Visit the National Honey Board
» More on the Please Explain series
Music:
Sonatine Soundtrack Track 6
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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!
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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Please Explain: Eco-Labels
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Your broccoli, shampoo, and air conditioner might bear labels declaring them to be organic, cruelty-free, or energy efficient, but what do those labels mean and are they true? Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Project Director for Consumer Reports' GreenerChoices.org and Consumers Union’s Senior Scientist for Policy Initiatives, and Dara O'Rourke, founder and CEO of GoodGuide.com, took a look at what eco-labels indicate, how standards are set, and what they mean for consumers and manufacturers around the world.
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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.
