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Unhealthy Situations
Gertrude Garway and Sandra Krause discuss their efforts to improve the reproductive health and rights of refugee women. Then, Jill Quadagno examines why the US has no national health insurance in One Nation Uninsured. Elizabeth Swados draws a portrait of her struggle with depression in an illustrated memoir: My Depression. Finally, Mercedes Ruehl describes her one-woman show about Peggy Guggenheim: Woman Before a Glass.
Reproductive Health
Refugees are forced to deal with many critical issues throughout the world. In today’s Underreported feature, we’ll examine some of the specific issues that refugee women are struggling with, including gender-based violence and grossly inadequate reproductive health care. Gertrude Garway, a former refugee from Liberia, tells us about her work to curb gender-based violence in West Africa. She’s joined by Sandra Krause, Director of the Reproductive Health Progam at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
» Women's Commission website
» Underreported series
Music:
“Royksopp’s Night Out” by Royksopp
“Meta, Beta, Tarabeta” by Pangeia Instrumentos
One Nation Uninsured
One in eight, or approximately 43 million, Americans are uninsured. In One Nation Uninsured, Jill Quadagno looks at why attempts to create a national health insurance program have failed in the US.
Music:
Soundtrack to Erin Brockovich, music by Thomas Newman: “Useless” / “Classifieds”
Picturing Depression
Elizabeth Swados tells us about creating a picture book depiction of her battle with depression: My Depression.
» Slideshow of illustrations from My Depression.
Music:
Soundtrack to Iris, music by James Horner: “Part 3”
Woman Before a Glass
Mercedes Ruehl tells us about her portrayal of Peggy Guggenheim in the one-woman play Woman Before a Glass.
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Science and Faith
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Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.
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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