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Finding the Energy
On today’s show: Temple Grandin proposes ways in which humans and animals can best interact. Then, Academy and Emmy award winning actress Cloris Leachman on a life spent on stage and screen. Also, we’ll bring you the latest news from the G-20 summit. And, a look back at Three Mile Island nuclear accident, three decades later. Plus, our latest underreported segment looks at the problems confronting nuclear facilities in the United States and Germany.
Animals and Us
Temple Grandin has spent decades trying to get livestock treated as humanely as possible. In her new book Animals Make Us Human she examines how animals share the same core emotional systems that humans do.
Cloris Leachman
Actress Cloris Leachman has won an Academy Award and nine Emmy awards over the course of her career. Her autobiography is called Cloris.
Event: Cloris Leachman is speaking and signing books
Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway, at 66th Street
The G-20 Latest
The G-20 summit gets under way today. We get an update on what’s happening as the leaders of the world’s biggest economies sit down to discuss the global financial crisis from John Authers, Global Investment Editor of The Financial Times. We’ll also be joined by Mary Jordan Foreign Correspondent for the Washington Post.
30 Years After Three Mile Island
Three decades after a partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility, we’ll look at the incident and its broader impact on U.S. nuclear policy with J. Samuel Walker. He’s the historian for the Nuclear Regulator Commission and author of the book Three Mile Island.
Underreported: The Nuclear Scientist Shortage
Nuclear energy is slated to become a bigger part of America's energy mix, but who will work at the plants once they've been built? Dr. Ivan Oelrich joins us to talk about the shortage of nuclear technicians and operators in the United States today. Dr. Oelrich is Vice President for Strategic Security programs at the Federation of American Scientists. We'll also be joined by Michael Scott Moore, a staff writer at Der Spiegel Online in Berlin.
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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.
