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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, March 31, 2008

Taxes Aren’t Fair

David Cay Johnston, investigative reporter from the New York Times, says that America’s tax system is incredibly unfair and needs to be changed quickly before the rich-poor gap widens even more. His new book is Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).

Weigh in: How do you think the U.S. tax system should be changed?

Generation X Saves the World

Join us for a nostalgic trip back to the mid-1990s. Jeff Gordinier says that Generation Xers are better than baby boomers or the current crop of young celebrity worshippers. Gordinier is the author of X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking.

Weigh in: What do you think is good, or bad, about Generation X? Is it even fair to generalize about Gen-Xers?

Event: Jeff Gordinier will be speaking and signing books
Monday, March 31 at 7 pm
Tribeca Barnes & Noble
97 Warren Street (at Greenwich Street)

Victoria Clark: Fifteen Seconds of Grace

Soprano Victoria Clark won Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her role as mother Margaret Johnson in Adam Guettel's "Light in the Piazza." Now she’s released her debut solo album, "Fifteen Seconds of Grace."

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Victoria Clark’s website

Tokyo’s Glitterati

Find out about the cultural elite of Tokyo – its writers, artists, and movie stars. John Nathan has lived in Japan on-and-off since 1961. His new memoir is Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere .

Event: John Nathan will be speaking and signing books
Monday, March 31 at 6:30 pm
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
To purchase tickets, call (212) 715-1258 or go here.

National Book Award Winners

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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.

Please Explain: Eco-Labels

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Your broccoli, shampoo, and air conditioner might bear labels declaring them to be organic, cruelty-free, or energy efficient, but what do those labels mean and are they true? Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Project Director for Consumer Reports' GreenerChoices.org and Consumers Union’s Senior Scientist for Policy Initiatives, and Dara O'Rourke, founder and CEO of GoodGuide.com, took a look at what eco-labels indicate, how standards are set, and what they mean for consumers and manufacturers around the world.

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.