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Bill Ayers talks about how he became a flashpoint in the presidential election this year – and whether there's anything else we need to know about his relationship with Barack Obama! Also: find out how Josef Stalin went from being a nondescript peasant boy to the most powerful of all the Soviet leaders. Art Spiegelman talks about his life in comics. And then Please Explain is all about the Sun.
Bill Ayers’s Fugitive Days
Bill Ayers talks about how he became a flashpoint in this year’s election – and whether he really has been “palling around” with Barack Obama. His new memoir about his days with the Weather Underground is Fugitive Days.
Young Stalin
Find out how Josef Stalin went from being a nondescript peasant boy to a ruthless, powerful Soviet leader. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s biography is Young Stalin.
Art Spiegelman: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!
Art Spiegelman talks about how comics shaped who he is – and how he went from being a young MAD magazine-obsessed kid in Queens to a Pulitzer Prize winner. His new illustrated memoir is Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!. He also has a new children’s book out, Jack and the Box.
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Art Spiegelman will be speaking and signing books
Sat. Nov. 22 from 12-2 PM
Books of Wonder, 18 W. 18th St..
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Please Explain: The Sun
The Sun makes up about 99% of the total mass of the Solar System. Find out what the sun is made of, how hot it is, and why humans couldn’t survive without it. Dr. Grace Wolf-Chase is an astronomer with Chicago’s Adler Planetarium and a senior research associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Chicago; Chris Lintott is an astrophysicist with Oxford University and the co-host of the BBC’s astronomy program, "The Sky at Night."
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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.
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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.
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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.
