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Birds of a Feather
This tax day, we’ll explore some examples of really bad bookkeeping. Director Alex Gibney and author Peter Elkind disentangle the messy chain of events that led to the Enron scandal in a new film, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.” Then, Pulitzer Prize-winner Buzz Bissinger and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expound on the meaning of baseball. And in our regular Please Explain feature, Don Kroodsma tells us why birds sing, and what they’re really saying.
The Smartest Guys in the Room
Director Alex Gibney joins Peter Elkind, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room, to discuss a new movie account of one of the biggest corporate scandals in recent memory: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room."
Music: "Betty’s Lament" by Isan
3 Nights in August
Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, turns his attention to baseball with 3 Nights in August--a new book about one three-game series between the Cardinals and Cubs in 2003. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa joins him for a look back at those games, and a discussion of the real meaning of baseball.
» Read an excerpt of 3 Nights in August in the Reading Room
Music: Soundtrack to Field of Dreams, music by James Horner: "The Cornfield" / "Deciding to Build the Field"
The Art and Science of Birdsong
This week, our regular Please Explain feature is for the birds. We’ll find out why birds sing, and what they’re communicating with their songs. Don Kroodsma, author of The Singing Life of Birds, gives us some insight on our feathered friends.
» More on the Please Explain series
Music: Soundtrack to Sonatine, music by Joe Hisaishi
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
