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Jamel Shabazz, A Time Before CrackCultural Strains
Guest host Touré fills in today for Leonard. He’ll start off the show with a conversation with cultural critic Greg Tate. Then, photojournalilst Jamel Shabazz shares a new collection of photographs from the early days of hip-hop culture. Minna Proctor looks at the challenges facing the priesthood. And we’ll hear from Ashleigh Banfield, the former NBC star news correspondent who stirred up controversy by criticizing how cable news in America was covering the war in Iraq.
Striking a Chord
Essayist and Village Voice journalist Greg Tate stops by for a discussion about race and culture in modern-day America. He’ll also tell us about his new book on the music of Jimi Hendrix.
Music:
“Heart of Glass” Blondie;
“Give up the Funk” Parliament;
“Starfish and Coffee” Prince;
“I Want You Back” Jackson 5
A Time Before Crack
Photojournalist Jamel Shabazz looks at inner-city styles in New York in the mid 1970s and 1980s. His new book of photos is titled A Time Before Crack.
» View a slideshow of photographs by Jamel Shabazz
Music:
“Roxanne” UTFO
“The Message” Grandmaster Flash
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Minna Proctor discusses religious calling, the priesthood, and her father in Do You Hear What I Hear?.
Music:
“Missing” Beck
“Mrs Robinson” Simon and Garfunkel
A Critical View
Television journalist Ashleigh Banfield, the former star NBC news correspondent, was reprimanded for criticizing how cable news was covering the war in Iraq in 2003. She stops by to tell us if she thinks coverage of the war has changed much since she made those remarks.
Music:
“Mysterious Ways” U2
“Amazon” MIA
“Help Me” Joni Mitchell
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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!
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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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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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