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Investigative Reviews
Guest host Kenji Jasper fills in for Leonard today. He'll talk to David A. Harris, who argues that racial profiling does not prevent crime or help catch criminals. Then, as part of our special Summer Reading Series on underappreciated literature, James Wood looks at the work of Italo Svevo, a man hailed as “the Italian Proust” when his novel Confessions of Zeno was published in 1923. Belgrade native Natasha Radojcic tells us about her new novel, You Don’t Have to Live Here. And Tsuyoshi Hasegawa revisits Japan’s surrender at the end of WWII with a critical look at the roles played by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan.
Profiles in Injustice
David Harris argues that racial profiling is not only a threat to civil rights, it’s a bad crime-fighting strategy. In Profiles in Injustice, he presents statistical data that undermine the usefulness of racial profiling as a way of stopping criminals.
Music:
“New York’s Finest” and “The Water” (off of the Usual Suspects Soundtrack) composed by John Ottman
Summer Reading Series: Italo Svevo
Literary critic James Wood pays tribute to Italo Svevo in today’s edition our special Summer Reading Series on underappreciated literature. In 1907, Svevo hired an English tutor, who turned out to be a young, unpublished James Joyce. And it’s rumored that Svevo inspired Joyce’s legendary character Leopold Bloom. Svevo's masterpiece, Confessions of Zeno, was published in 1923.
Music:
“Conference Call” composed by David Hirschfelder (off the Hanging Up Soundtrack)
You Don’t Have to Live Here
Natasha Radojcic tells us about her new novel You Don’t Have to Live Here, a coming-of-age story about a mischievous girl who travels with her family from Yugoslavia to Cuba to Greece, and eventually, to New York.
Music:
“Crash” composed by Howard Shore and prepared by Simon Franglen (off the Crash Soundtrack)
Racing the Enemy
In Racing the Enemy, history professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa studies the months leading up to Japan's surrender at the end of WWII. Unlike most histories of the surrender, this book offers a very international approach—it looks at the roles played by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan.
Music:
“Cobb Dies” and “The Beast Within” composed by Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture soundtrack “Cobb.”
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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.
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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.
