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An Iraqi man comforts his 4-year-old son at a center for POWs held by the 101st Airborne Division near An Najaf, Iraq, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo by Jean-Marc Bouju)This Just In
On today's show: an editor, writer, and photographer from the Associated Press explain how the organization has covered the biggest news stories of the past 160 years. And Junot Diaz discusses his critically-acclaimed novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Also, a former server at Thomas Keller’s Per Se shares a waiter’s-eye view of four-star dining. But first, an Economist reporter takes us inside the race to build the clean energy cars of the future.
Cars of the Future
Vijay Vaitheeswaran has spent a decade covering environmental and energy issues for the Economist. In ZOOM, he and co-author Iain Carson get inside the global race to build the car of the future, tracking auto industry pioneers as they race to create machines that can run on clean energy sources.
Purchase ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future at amazon.com.
Weigh in: Are you willing to pay more for a car that runs on clean energy sources?
Tipping Points
While Phoebe Damrosch was figuring out what to do with her life, she supported herself by working as a waiter, eventually joining the staff of Thomas Keller’s New York restaurant Per Se. Her memoir Service Included reveals how all that four-star food actually makes it onto the table, and offers diners advice on how to mind their restaurant manners.
Purchase Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter at amazon.com.
Event: Phoebe Damrosch will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, October 2 at 7 pm
Borders Books & Music
The Shops at Columbus Circle
Weigh in: Servers, tell us what happens behind the scenes at your restaurant. What are the best and worst aspects of your job? Ever hear anything juicy while working the floor?
The Wondrous Debut Novel of Junot Diaz
Fans of Junot Diaz’s 1996 short story collection Drown anxiously awaited his debut novel, and it seems that they won’t be disappointed. In her review for the New York Times, Michiko Kakutani praised The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao calling it “so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets Star Trek meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West.”
Purchase The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao at amazon.com.
Events: Junot Diaz will be speaking
Tuesday, October 2 at 6 pm
The Instituto Cervantes
211 East 49th Street, at Third Avenue
For more information, visit the Instituto Cervantes website.
This event will be mainly in Spanish.
Junot Diaz will be reading along with Annie Proulx
as part of the New New Yorker Festival
Friday, October 5 at 7 pm
Cedar Lake Dance Studios
547 West 26th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues
For tickets, visit the New Yorker Festival website.
Making News
The reporters of the Associated Press have been on the scene of every breaking news story of the past 160 years. AP vice president and managing editor Mike Silverman, photographer Richard Drew, and staff writer Richard Pyle will tell us how the organization has remained a global news authority from the days of carrier pigeons right through the age of the internet.
Purchase Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else at amazon.com.
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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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Frank McCourt
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Science and Faith
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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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.
Leonard is on Facebook
Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.
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.
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