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A man wraps himself in the U.S. flag while protesting a crack down on illegal immigrants in Manassas, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Further On Down the Road
Find out why more and more immigrants to the US are bypassing big cities like NY and LA and are instead settling in smaller towns all over the country. Also: French soprano Natalie Dessay. Mary Roach on the science of sex. And a look at the Kurds’ long struggle for statehood, and how it's shaped Middle Eastern politics.
New Faces in New Places
More and more recent immigrants to the US are choosing to settle in smaller towns and cities across the country, instead of in the traditional gateway cities like New York and Los Angeles. Sociologist Douglas Massey explains more about how the geography of the American immigrant experience is changing. His new book is New Faces in New Places.
Weigh in: Tell us about a town or region that’s had a large influx of immigrants in recent years, and how it’s changed the community.
French Soprano Natalie Dessay
French soprano Natalie Dessay is one of opera’s great actresses. Her new release is "Italian Opera Arias."
Events: Natalie Dessay will be performing in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment"
April 26,29 and May 2,5,8,12,16
For tickets and information, go here.
The Met's "La Fille du Regiment" will be broadcast live in Hi-Definition
Saturday, April 26
Check here to see where it's playing in your neighborhood.
The Science of Sex
The science of sex is studied in labs, brothels, MRI centers, farms, and sex-toy companies. Science writer Mary Roach has spent two years following the study of sexual physiology; she writes about what she found in her new book, Bonk.
Event: Mary Roach will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, April 22 at 7 pm
Tribeca Barnes & Noble
97 Warren Street (at Greenwich Street)
The Kurdish Quest for Statehood
There are 25 million Kurds throughout the world; they’re the world’s largest ethnic group without a nation. Quil Lawrence writes about the long Kurdish struggle for statehood and its place in Middle Eastern politics in Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East.
Events: Quil Lawrence will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, April 22 at 2:30 pm
Columbia University
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
420 West 118th Street (at Morningside Drive)
Quil Lawrence will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, April 22 at 5:30 pm
Carnegie Council
170 East 64th Street (between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)
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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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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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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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