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Alan GreenspanIt's the Economy, Stupid!
On today's show: Alan Greenspan reflects on his life and nearly twenty year career as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. And General Wesley Clark explains why he ran for president in 2004, and what's he's got planned for 2008. Also, a writer describes her family's journey from Ethiopia to America. And we'll hear about a new novel based on the true story of a Toyko serial killer of the 1940s.
Home Economics
Alan Greenspan served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board for nearly two decades. In his memoir, The Age of Turbulence, he describes his childhood in New York and early career as a jazz clarinetist, explains how he became an economist and entered public service, and shares his unique perspective on the evolution of the American economy.
Purchase The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World at amazon.com.
Held at a Distance
In 1976, Rebecca Haile's family fled political unrest in Ethiopia and began new lives in Minnesota. Twenty-five years later, Haile and her husband traveled back to the country of her birth. Her memoir offers a moving account on her family's journey, the process of becoming American, and what it meant to her to go back home.
Purchase Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia at amazon.com.
Event: Rebecca Haile will be reading and signing books
Monday, September 17 at 7 pm
McNally Robinson Bookstore
52 Prince Street, at Mulberry Street
Tokyo Year Zero
British novelist David Peace based his latest book, Tokyo Year Zero, on the true story of a serial killer who murdered women in Tokyo during the years following World War II. The dark story of the killer and the detective who pursues him proves perfectly suited to capturing the mood of a depressed, destroyed, American-occupied city.
Purchase Tokyo Year Zero at amazon.com.
Event: David Peace will be reading and signing books
Monday, September 17 at 7 pm
192 Books
192 Tenth Avenue, at 21st Street
A Time to Lead
In his new memoir, A Time to Lead, General Wesley Clark reflects on a distinguished military career, reveals what motivated his 2004 presidential campaign, and ponders the future of American politics.
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Purchase A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country at amazon.com.
Event: Wesley Clark will be speaking and signing books
Wednesday, September 19 at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble
1972 Broadway, at 66th Street
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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!
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.
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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.
