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Into the Depths
On today’s show, guest host Jonathan Capehart talks with Frontline Correspondent Hedrick Smith about the perilous environmental condition of Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay. Then, Sally Quinn and her son, Quinn Bradley, discuss what it’s like to grow up with a learning disability. Also, Cadillac Man—who’s been homeless on the streets of New York for the past 16 years and the man who first published his writing, Esquire editor Will Blythe. Plus, Director John Huston’s stepdaughter Allegra Huston on growing up without a mother and learning her real father was an English Aristocrat.
Poisoned Waters
30 years after the Clean Water Act, large amounts of industrial and agricultural pollutants are winding up America’s waterways. PBS Frontline correspondent Hedrick Smith looks at the perilous environmental condition of the US's most productive coastal estuaries--Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound--in the new documentary "Poisoned Waters." It airs on PBS affiliate stations tonight, April 21st.
Growing Up with a Learning Disability
As a child Quinn Bradlee suffered from a battery of illnesses and was eventually diagnosed with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, a widespread, little-understood disorder that is expressed through a wide range of physical ailments and learning disabilities. He’s written a memoir about his experience, A Different Life. We’ll also be joined by his mom, Sally Quinn.
Cadillac Man
Cadillac Man has been homeless on the streets of New York City for the past 16 years. Over that time he has recorded facts of his daily life in notebooks—those notebooks have been distilled into a memoir, Land of the Lost Souls. We’ll also be joined by Will Blythe an editor at Esquire who first published Cadillac Man’s writings.
Events:
Cadillac Man will be reading, and Will Blythe will be introducing him
Wednesday, April 22, 7:00 pm
Housing Works Bookstore
126 Crosby Street
For more information, visit the Housing Works website.
Cadillac Man will be reading
Tuesday, May 5, at 7:30 pm
Barnes & Noble
Greenwich Village
396 Sixth Avenue, at 8th Street
Love Child
When Allegra Huston was four years old, her mother was killed in a car crash. Soon afterward, she was introduced to an intimidating man who she was told was her father-- legendary film director John Huston. Then, when she was twelve, Allegra's sense of self was shattered again when she was, once more, introduced to her father, but this time her real father, the British aristocrat and historian John Julius Norwich. Her memoir is called Love Child.
Event: Allegra Huston will be reading and signing books
Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
Upper West Side
2289 Broadway, at 82nd Street
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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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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.
