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Street Shots Challenge
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A woman protester holds up a picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nazrallah and her comrade the Palestinian flag with a placard reading " Death to the United States" (Abdelhak Senna/AFP/Getty Images)
In the Market
The Greenmarket opened 30 years ago. On today’s show, we’ll ask how the growth of farmers markets have changed the way the city eats. Later on, we’ll take an in-depth look at Hezbollah on this week’s Backstory. And Amy Hempel tells us about her new collection of short stories. Plus, Robert Sullivan shares some adventures from his cross country treks with his family.
30 Years of the Greenmarket
During the peak season, over 250,000 people visit New York City’s farmers markets each week. Greenmarket founders Barry Benepe and Robert Lewis, and farmer Ron Binaghi of Stokes Farm, explain how the markets have changed over the past 30 years, and transformed the city and its restaurants.
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel discusses some of her critically-acclaimed short stories from the last three decades: The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel.
Available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Amy Hempel will be reading
Thursday, August 10 at 6:30 pm
Madison Square Park
23rd Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue South
Backstory: Hezbollah
Fawaz Gerges, the Christian A. Johnson Chair in International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College, joins us for a Backstory on Hezbollah.
Journey of the Jihadist: Inside the Muslim Militancy is available for purchase at amazon.com
Robert Sullivan's Cross Country Adventures
In Cross Country, Robert Sullivan (perhaps best known as the author of Rats) recounts some adventure stories from his family road trips.
Available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Robert Sullivan will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, August 9 at 8 pm
Rocky Sullivan's
129 Lexington Avenue, between 28th and 29th Streets
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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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As the Democratic Convention is underway in Denver, listen to 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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John McCain in 2000
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Sen. John McCain spoke with Leonard in September 2000 about his memoir, Faith of My Fathers. He discussed his family's naval background, his time in POW camps, as well as his own presidential ambitions for the 2000 election.
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States of the Union
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Why is New York a blue state, Wyoming a red, and Ohio a shade of purple? Looking ahead to Election Day 2008, Leonard talks to journalists, scholars, and activists from each of the 50 states to find out what motivates voters from Maine to California.
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