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On today’s show: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai offers her perspective on the problems facing Africa. Then, learn about the landmark Supreme Court decision Marbury v. Madison. Also, author and former priest James Carroll on why he remains a Catholic despite his disagreements with the church. Plus, on Underreported we look at the latest from energy hearings held by the Department of the Interior and at efforts to clean up chromium contamination in New Jersey.
Join us for a Leonard Lopate Show film screening on April 14th of "Gold Diggers of 1933" at the Galapagos Art Space. More information here.
The screening is FREE but please RSVP at projections@wnyc.org soon- seating is limited!
The Challenge for Africa
In her native Kenya, environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai faced arrest, beatings and was called a subversive for her activism. But in 2004 she became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Her book is called The Challenge for Africa.
Event: Wangari Maathai will be in conversation with Leonard Lopate
Thursday, April 9, at 6:30 pm
The Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street
The documentary Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, an Independent Lens presentation, airs on PBS Tuesday, April 14.
Marbury V. Madison
In their book The Great Decision, former Supreme Court Clerk Cliff Sloan and veteran political aid David McKean, look at how the landmark Supreme Court Case Marbury V. Madison changed the course of American democracy.
Practicing Catholic
National Book Award-winning author and former priest James Carroll explains why he remains an ardent Catholic despite his disagreements with the Church in his book Practicing Catholic.
Underreported: Energy Hearings
The Obama Administration is hoping to take the county in a new direction on energy. We’ll get the latest news on the Department of the Interior’s hearings on US energy policy from Wall Street Journal energy reporter Brian Baskin.
Underreported: Jersey City Hexavalent Chromium
In the 1982 the State of New Jersey began investigating the presence of the dangerous chemical hexavalent chromium on a 16-acre site in Jersey City. Today, the site remains contaminated. We’ll talk to Nancy S. Marks, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, about why it’s taken so long to clean up the site and why the NRDC filed a new lawsuit in February to enforce the clean-up effort.
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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.
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