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Cookie Swap
'Tis the season for our holiday cookie recipe swap! Leonard and Ruth Reichl talk cookies...including the many fabulous recipes submitted by our listeners. Also: a look at the esthetics of evolution. A former software executive on why she changed her life and moved to Paris. Plus, oral historian Studs Terkel tells his own life story, after years of telling other peoples' stories!
On Wednesday's show, we talk about the challenges and rewards of being a caregiver to an ill family member. Leave your comment here.
Studs Terkel Interviews Himself
After years of interviewing other people, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Studs Terkel tells his own story in a new memoir, Touch and Go. Terkel says the US is suffering from a case of national Alzheimer’s, and we need to get in touch with our histories.
Touch and Go is available for purchase at amazon.com
Weigh in: What do you think Americans can learn from oral histories? What can we learn from the lives of our older generations?
What Evolution Looks Like
We look into the science and esthetics of evolution…and how humans came to be what we are. Author Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and photographer Patrick Gries have collaborated on a gorgeous new book called Evolution.
Event: Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and Patrick Gries will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, December 11 at 6 pm
The Steven Kasher Gallery
521 West 23rd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
Evolution is available for purchase at amazon.com
How to Start a New Life in Paris
When software executive Kathleen Flinn was fired from her job, she stopped to ask herself: "What do I really want to do in life?" She then moved to Paris to enroll at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. Her new memoir is The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry.
The Sharper Your Knife is available for purchase at amazon.com
Event: Kathleen Flinn will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, December 11 at 7 pm
Borders at Columbus Circle
Wine and cheese will be served
Weigh in: We'd like to hear from people who've changed career directions mid-life. What were you doing, and what did you decide to do instead? How scary was it to make the change?
Cookie Recipe Swap!
'Tis the season...for our holiday cookie recipe swap! Leonard and Ruth Reichl talk about the fabulous recipes you've sent to us.
You can read a few of the submissions discussed on air (including Ruth Reichl's oatmeal cookies recipe) here.
Ruth Reichl's cookie recipe contributions from Gourmet magazine
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Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics
The Leonard Lopate Show
August 08, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is Sen. John McCain’s VP running mate. To find out more about Gov. Palin and Alaska politics, check out our States of the Union: Alaska segment from Aug. 8, 2008.
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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.
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Barack Obama, Circa 2004
The Leonard Lopate Show
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.
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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