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The Leonard Lopate Show / June 03, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, June 03, 2005
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  • Love and War in Afghanistan
    Love and War in Afghanistan

    Love and War

    Alex Klaits and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits share some of the interviews they conducted with ordinary men and women in northern Afghanistan for a new book, Love and War in Afghanistan. Next, Kenneth Ackerman tells us about the life of William “Boss” Tweed, the man who made New York politics almost synonymous with political corruption and graft after the Civil War. Then, Thomas Dyja describes his new novel—a look at a spate of lynchings in Tennessee in 1918. And in our weekly Please Explain feature, we look into the history of games, and why we play them.

Life in Afghanistan

Alex Klaits and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits spent their honeymoon interviewing hundreds of ordinary men and women in northern Afghanistan in the spring of 2004. They’ve compiled 14 of these oral histories for a new book on what everyday life is like in a country so ravaged by war: Love and War in Afghanistan.

Events:
Alex and Gulchin readinfg and signing books
Friday June 3 at 6:30PM
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street at Rivington

Music: “Knuddlemaus” by Ulrich Schauss
“Pole Tricks” by Japancakes

Boss Tweed

William “Boss” Tweed was never mayor of NYC. But he managed to assume almost total control of the city's politics and fortunes in the late 1800s by serving as NYC's Superintendent of Public Works, County Supervisor, State Senator, chairman of the city's Democratic Party Central Committee, supervisor of the County Court House, and head of Tammany Hall...all at the same time. In a Boss Tweed, historian Kenneth Ackerman explains that although Tweed stole millions from NYC, he earned a reputation for honesty because he always kept his word when it cane to spreading the money around to his followers.

Music: Sweet Sixteenths, William H. Krell, William Albright, and William Bolcom: “Mississippi Rag: Two-Step” / “Gladiolus Rag”

The Moon in Our Hands

Thomas Dyja, author of Play for a Kingdom, tells us about his new novel, The Moon in Our Hands. The book is based on the real life of Walter White—a young black man who was light-skinned enough to pass as white—who went to Tennessee in 1918 to investigate lynchings for the NAACP.

Music: Soundtrack to a Family Thing, music by Charles Gross: “Slow Train Comin’” / “First Frost”

Games People Play

Professors Patricia Seed and Tony Elam teach a course on “History Through Games” at Rice University. They’ll take us on a guided tour of games through the ages, and look at why we play them in the first place, in our weekly Please Explain feature.

» Please Explain series

Music: Soundtrack to Sonatine, music by Joe Hisaishi

genome

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.

recipe

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.

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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James Beard

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.

Leonard is on Facebook

Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.

Barack Obama

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.

Guest Picks

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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?