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Babylon by BusChallenging Work
On today’s show, guest host Jonathan Capehart asks a pair of friends why they gave up their franchise selling t-shirts in Fenway Park, and moved to Baghdad in 2003. Plus, we'll hear the inside story of the 9/11 Commission from its Chairman, Governor Thomas H. Kean. And we’ll learn about the life and career of the first black man to serve a full term in the US Senate.
From Boston to Baghdad
In Babylon by Bus, Ray LeMoine and Jeff Neumann explain why they gave up their low-stress way of life selling t-shirts in Fenway Park, in order to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad.
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Events: Ray LeMoine and Jeff Neumann will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, August 15 at 7 pm
Astor Place Barnes & Noble
The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission
Governor Thomas H. Kean served as the Chairman of the 9/11 Commission. In Without Precedent, he describes the challenges of investigating, and reporting, what went wrong leading up to September 11th.
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Breaking Racial Barriers
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born into slavery in 1841. But after the Civil War, his political success led to his being elected the first black man to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate in 1874. And his growing real-estate fortune helped launch him into the upper echelons of Washington, D.C. society. In The Senator and the Socialite, Lawrence Otis Graham tells the story of how Senator Bruce helped break many of the racial barriers of his time.
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A number of this year’s National Book Award winners have appeared on The Leonard Lopate Show. Click here to see the list!
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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.
