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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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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.
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