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The Leonard Lopate Show / October 20, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, October 20, 2005
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  • Frank McCourt, Teacher Man
    Frank McCourt, Teacher Man

    Bringing It All Back Home

    Rock critics Greil Marcus and Dave Marsh look at Bob Dylan’s influence on over 40 years of rock and pop music. Then, Frank McCourt. Before he wrote Angela’s Ashes, he worked in New York City’s public schools for 30 years. On today’s show, he explains how his career as a teacher helped shape him as a writer.
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Bob Dylan's "No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" CD

No Direction Home

Bob Dylan is the subject of a new documentary directed by Martin Scorsese called “No Direction Home.” For over 40 years, Bob Dylan has been reinventing himself, and in the process, reinvigorating popular music. Rock critics Greil Marcus and Dave Marsh join us for a look at his music. Greil Marcus is the author of Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads and The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes. Dave Marsh has written over a dozen books about rock and popular music. He cofounded the Detroit rock and roll magazine Creem, and served as an associate and contributing editor for Rolling Stone for five years. He also edited the first two editions of The Rolling Stone Record Guide.

Music: Like a Rolling Stone (Disc 2, Cut 12)
When I Got Troubles (Disc 1, Cut 1)
Song to Woody (Disc 1, Cut 4)
Masters of War (Disc 1, Cut 11)
Visions of Johanna (Disc 2, Cut 10)

Teacher Man

Frank McCourt won a Pulitzer Prize for Angela's Ashes, his memoir of growing up in Ireland. Now, almost a decade later, he’s written an account of how the thirty years he spent teaching in New York City's public schools influenced his writing. The new book is titled Teacher Man.

» Read an excerpt of Teacher Man

Music: Awakenings Soundtrack Tracks 1, 2, 4, and 14

genome

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.

recipe

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.

Video Pick: Elizabeth Edwards

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Elizabeth Edwards discusses how to best cope with lifes difficulties in her book Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities.

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James Beard

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.

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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?