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Challenging Expectations
On today’s show: Dr. Maria Siemionow on leading the team that performed the first face transplant in the United States. Then, Warren St. John tells us about a soccer program for war refugees. Plus, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel and director Megumi Sasaki on a new documentary about how the Vogels amassed an impressive art collection a modest incomes.
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A New Face
Dr. Maria Siemionow made history in December 2008 by leading the team that performed this first near-total face transplant in the United States. She recounts her 30 year journey to the forefront of American medicine and reveals the complex process behind transplants in her book Face to Face: My Quest to Perform the First Face Transplant.
Outcasts United
Fugees is a soccer program for boys outside of Atlanta who are refugees from war-torn countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Warren St. John tells the story of the program and the problems facing immigrant kids living with memories of tragedy in Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town.
Event: Warren St. John will be reading and signing books
Monday, June 8th, at 7:00 pm
McNally Jackson Bookstore
52 Prince Street
"Herb & Dorothy"
Director Megumi Sasaki and Herbert and Dorothy Vogel join us to talk about the award-winning documentary "Herb & Dorothy," about how the couple was able to amass one of the most important collections of contemporary art in history on two modest salaries. "Herb & Dorothy" opens June 5 at Cinema Village and at the Beekman Theater.
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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.
