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The Leonard Lopate Show / April 17, 2007

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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  • Theodore Roosevelt, Ross Perot, Ralph Nader

    Looking Back

    On today's Backstory, we examine the impact third-party candidates--from Theodore Roosevelt to Ralph Nader--have had on America’s presidential elections. Later on, we talk to a man who wrestled with his family's secret legacy of alcoholism. And we travel to 19th century China with Anchee Min's new novel. Plus: Ruth Reichl and Madhur Jaffrey talk about spices.

Backstory: Third Party Candidates

The campaigns of third party candidates like Theodore Roosevelt, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader have enlivened political debate and stirred up controversy during elections. On today's Backstory, Ron Rapoport from the College of William and Mary, and Walter Stone from the University of California-Davis, assess the impact third party candidates have had on America's presidential races.

Devastating Family Memories

Robert Goolrick talks about how his life was shaped by his family’s secret history of alcoholism.

The End of the World As We Know It is available for purchase at amazon.com

Events: Robert Goolrick will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, April 17 at 7 pm
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street, between the Bowery and 2nd Avenue

The Last Empress

Anchee Min takes us back to 19th century China, with her new novel about the last Empress of the Ch’ing Dynasty.

The Last Empress is available for purchase at amazon.com

Events:Anchee Min will be reading
Tuesday, April 17 at 7 pm
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, between Broadway and Fifth Avenue
10th Floor
A $5 donation is suggested.
For more information, visit the AAWW website.

Spices of Life

Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl and Madhur Jaffrey (author of Climbing the Mango Trees) explore the complexity and depth that spices bring to food.

Climbing the Mango Trees is available for purchase at amazon.com

Some Spice Stores in New York City:
MANHATTAN
Kalustyan Orient Export Trading Corp
123 Lexington Ave Frnt
212-685-3451

Penzey’s Spices
42nd St at Madison Ave
Grand Central Market
212-972-2777

BROOKLYN
Sahadi Importing Co.
187 Atlantic Ave
(between Clinton St & Court St)
718-624-4550

Balady Foods
7128 5th Ave
(between 72nd St & Ovington Ave)
718-567-2252

QUEENS
Patel Brothers Grocery
4292 Main St
Flushing, NY
718-661-1112

Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System

The Leonard Lopate Show

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.

Rahm Emanuel

Big Plans for America

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Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel from Illinois has agreed to be Chief of Staff under President-Elect Barack Obama. You can hear him on the Lopate Show in 2006 discussing his thoughts on what the Democratic party needed to do in order to succeed.

Barack Obama

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.

Joe Biden

Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show

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Sen. Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to be his running mate. To find out more about his personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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?

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