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The Leonard Lopate Show / August 02, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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    Fresh Ideas

    Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, joins chefs Bill Telepan and Tom Colicchio for a look at the unique offerings of the Union Square Greenmarket. Stephen Walker re-examines the weeks leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima in Shockwave. And in our regular Please Explain feature, we’ll find out how podcasting works.

A Chef’s Best Friend

Visit the Union Square Greenmarket in the early morning, and you’ll find many New York City chefs searching for their day’s fare. Be it black kale, white beets, or dandelion greens, chefs flock to this market searching for the best produce available. Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, joins Leonard, along with Bill Telepan, former chef of Midtown Manhattan's Judson Grill, and Tom Colicchio, chef-owner of Gramercy Tavern and Craft, to discuss what local farmers have that supermarkets don’t.

» More information on Community Supported Agriculture
» More on chefs who support sustainable agriculture at The Chefs Collaborative
» The Greenmarket Farmers Market
» Read about Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket

Music: CD: “Swingtime”
Tracks: #2 - “Blue Rondo a la Turk” and #12 - “I Found Love”

Shockwave

Sixty years ago, the US dropped a five-ton atom bomb on Hiroshima—killing 100,000 people. In Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima, Stephen Walker looks back at the weeks leading up to that fateful day in August, 1945.

» Read an excerpt of Shockwave in the Reading Room

Events:
Stephen Walker will be speaking on:
Tuesday, August 2nd at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway at 82nd Street

Music: CD: “Cobb”, music from motion picture soundtrack
Tracks: #8 - “Cooperstown Aria (Part II)” and #9 -“Winter Walk”
Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal

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Please Explain: Podcasting

In this week’s Please Explain feature, we’ll look into the world of podcasting. We’ll explain the technology behind the online broadcasts, find out why it’s had such an exponential growth, and get a lesson in the basics of how to listen to and create podcasts.

» Please Explain series

Music: CD: Sonatine Soundtrack
Music by: Joe Hisaishi
Tracks: 6 and 11

Bill Richardson on Diplomacy

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New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedkerwin/">tedkerwin</a>/flickr)

Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show

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NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.

Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System

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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.

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?