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Examining Our Makeup
The US was once a nation of farmers. Now, food growers make up only 2% of the population. We’ll look at how this trend away from small farms is changing the food we eat. Then, Jonathan Kozol tells us that apartheid in our public schools means that millions of black and Hispanic children attend schools where they represent 95 to 99 percent of the students. Finally, veteran broadcast news reporter Andrea Mitchell looks back at her impressive career in her memoir, Talking Back.
Betting the Family Farm
According to the NYC nonprofit Just Food, corporate pressure to “get big or get out” has led to the loss of 67% of US farms since 1920. In her documentary “The Future of Food,” Deborah Koons Garcia, widow of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, takes a closer look at the US's ever increasing economic, political, and genetic concentration of food production. She’s joined by Ruth Reichl, Editor-in-Chief of Gourment magazine and Dan Barber, the chef/founder of Blue Hill restaurant in New York City and the Creative Director at Stone Barns Center For Food & Agriculture in Tarrytown, New York.
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Music:
The Canadian Brass, Album: “Swingtime”
#2 – “Blue Rondo a la Turk”
Dave Brubeck “I Found Love”
The Shame of the Nation
In The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, Jonathan Kozol argues that deteriorating conditions in thousands of public schools has effectively segregated black and Hispanic children to a degree that hasn’t been seen since the late 1960s.
Events:
Jonathan Kozol reading and book signing
Tuesday, September 13 at 7PM
Astor Place Barnes & Noble
Music:
Rachel Portman “Music from The Cider House Rules”
#4 – “Homer Asks Willy for a Ride”
#3 – “Young Girl’s Burial”
#2 – “Homer’s Lessons”
#5 – “Homer Leaves Orphanage”
Talking Back
Andrea Mitchell has spent over 30 years as a political reporter for NBC. In addition to being one of the first women in broadcast news, she’s also married to one of the most influential men in Washington: Alan Greenspan. She describes her unique life in a new memoir: Talking Back…to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels.
Events:
Andrea Mitchell reading and book signing
Tuesday, September 13 at 7PM
Barnes & Noble at Union Square
Music:
Artist: Thomas Newman
Album: “Music from Erin Brockovich”
#1 – “Useless”
#2 – “Xerox”
#6 – “On the Plume”
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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.
Video Pick: David Chang on Momofuku
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Let’s Go Swimming!
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, bacterial, viral, and parasitic organisms found in recreational water in the United States sicken thousands of people every year, and even result in deaths. We’ll speak with chemist and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol about the protozoa, amoebas and other things that love to go swimming with us. Monona is also founder and President of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety.
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Frank McCourt
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Frank McCourt has been a guest many times on this show over the years, starting in 1996 for the memoir, Angela’s Ashes, that would earn him a Pulitzer Prize. Fame came to him late in life, after he’d retired at the age of 65 from teaching English and creative writing at public schools here in New York. He was a sweet, eloquent man who spoke with grace and humility; he just died at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. You can hear him speaking with Leonard Lopate for his Survival Kit in 2000, and in 2005, for his memoir, Teacher Man.
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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.
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.
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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.
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, 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.
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