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In the Kitchen
We look into the role of the kitchen in American homes...and what our kitchens and food choices reveal about ourselves. Also: why Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been called "a mayor of the post-racial generation." And an up-close look at what daily life in Iraq has been like since the 2003 invasion.
And join us for the next installment of Political Projections! On Tuesday, February 5th, we'll talk about how Hollywood has poked fun at politics over the years...and you can watch some films we've selected, and join in the conversation. Find out more here.
Daily Life in Wartime Iraq
Journalist Dahr Jamail gives us an up-close look at daily life in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Jamail is one of the few unaffiliated, unembedded journalists covering the war in Iraq. His new book is Beyond the Green Zone.
Dahr Jamail’s website and blog
SLIDESHOW: Beyond The Green Zone
America’s Kitchen Culture
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that if you want to understand a society, you must "look into their pots" and "eat their bread." What do American kitchens reveal about the U.S.? Steven Gdula looks into the history of kitchens in America in The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth-Century American Home.
Event: Steven Gdula will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, January 29 at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas (at 8th Street)
Weigh in: How central is your kitchen to your home life? What does your kitchen reveal about you and your life?
Life with Food
John Haney of Gourmet magazine grew up eating beans on toast and bacon sandwiches in a Cockney household outside of London; now he eats in some of New York’s fanciest restaurants. He writes about his journey in his new memoir, Fair Shares for All: A Memoir of Family and Food.
Event: John Haney will be speaking and signing books
Sunday, February 3 at 3 pm
Sundays at Sunny’s reading series
253 Conover Street (between Beard and Reed Streets)
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Cory Booker: Post-Racial Mayor?
The New Yorker’s Peter Boyer says that Newark Mayor Cory Booker is a mayor of the "post-racial generation" who has nevertheless run into raw racial prejudice since his entry into Newark politics. His article in the Feb. 4 issue is "The Color of Politics."
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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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Frank McCourt
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Frank McCourt has been a guest many times on this show over the years, starting in 1996 for the memoir, Angela’s Ashes, that would earn him a Pulitzer Prize. Fame came to him late in life, after he’d retired at the age of 65 from teaching English and creative writing at public schools here in New York. He was a sweet, eloquent man who spoke with grace and humility; he just died at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. You can hear him speaking with Leonard Lopate for his Survival Kit in 2000, and in 2005, for his memoir, Teacher Man.
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Science and Faith
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Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.
FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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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.
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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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