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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, June 23, 2005
  • Joan Allen in "Yes"
    Joan Allen in "Yes" (Sony Picture Classics)

    Making Contact

    We’ll start off today’s show with a look at an ambitious new video project that helps friends and neighbors to reunite with one another in the aftermath of the Balkan wars. Then, Joan Allen tells us about her leading role in the new film “Yes.” She’s joined by director Sally Potter. Next, Doug Ramsey reflects on the public and private lives of saxophonist Paul Desmond. And George Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee, discusses the complicated and widespread conflicts in Sudan on our regular Underreported feature.

Videoletters

Katarina Rejger and Eric van den Broek, directors of the new “Videoletters” project, and Holly Cartner, executive director of the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, tell us about using video and the Internet to reunite people torn apart by the Balkan wars.

Events:
Videoletters will be screening on:
Thursday, June 23rd at 2pm and 4:15pm
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center
165 West 65th Street, plaza level
(between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.)
» More info

Music: Soundtrack from Heat (Warner Bros.)
#1 “Heat” and #2 “Always Forever Now”

Yes

Joan Allen discusses her leading role as a scientist who has an affair with a Middle-Eastern man in the film "Yes." She is joined by writer/director Sally Potter.

» "Yes" website

Events:
Sally Potter and Joan Allen will be speaking and signing books on:
Thursday, June 23rd at 7pm
Barnes & Noble, Union Square
33 East 17th Street

Music: Soundtrack from Yes (Edge Music)
#1 “Paru River” and #5 “Norketsou Bar”

Take Five

Jazz critic Doug Ramsey shares his in-depth biography of saxophonist Paul Desmond: Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond.

Events:
Quartet Doloroso will be performing the music of the Paul Desmond Quartet on:
Sunday June 26th at 8pm
Grassroots Tavern
20 St. Marks Place (between 2nd & 3rd Ave)

Music: The Dave Brubeck Quartet 25th Anniversary Reunion (A&M)
#5 “Take Five”

Conflict in Sudan

Darfur has been cited as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, but Sudan’s problems are even more widespread. In our weekly Underreported feature, George Rupp tells us about other conflicts in the region that we're not hearing much about.

» Underreported series

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.

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.

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.