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From Reading to Reynolds
On today’s show: a panel discussion about e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle. Then, Michael Lewis on his experience of fatherhood. Plus, Debbie Reynolds.
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Kindle Me This
Amazon's Kindle is going to change everything about the book industry, from how big publishing houses work all the way down to how we read-- unless it doesn't. We'll talk about the pros and cons of the Kindle and other portable e-readers with Slate.com technology writer Farhad Manjoo. We’ll also be joined by Molly Barton, Associate Publisher at Penguin’s ebook division and by Marion Maneker former publisher of HarperCollins’s business imprint and author of The Kindle Chronicles.
Fatherhood: A Guide
Michael Lewis has three children. When each was born he found that he was expected to feel things he didn’t feel and do things he couldn’t see the point of doing. In Home Game: An Accidential Guide to Fatherhood he humorously chronicles his reckoning with becoming a parent.
Debbie Reynolds
Academy Award-winning actress Debbie Reynolds stops by to talk about her debut solo show at Café Carlyle, "An Evening of Music and Comedy." It’s four week engagement starts June 2nd. Ticket info here.
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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.
