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(csarva/flickr)Take Me Out
Keith Hernandez gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Mets’ final season at Shea Stadium. Then, Michael Shapiro explains the controversy that threatened the future of baseball in the 1950s. Judith Jamison, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on the company’s 50th anniversary performances at BAM. Plus, we discuss reintegrating convicts into society with justice system reformer Sunny Schwartz and a former prison inmate.
RSVP to the Lopate Show’s Projections screening of "Parting Glances" on June 16th at WNYC’s Greene Space here:projections@wnyc.org
Shea Goodbye
Former Mets All-Star first baseman Keith Hernandez on his behind-the-scenes look at the Mets' final season at Shea Stadium, Shea Good-Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season.
Events: Keith Hernandez will be signing books
Thursday, June 11th, 12:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
555 Fifth Avenue
Sunday, June 21st, at 11:00 am
Citi Field - Plaza Team Store inside the Jackie Robinson rotunda
Flushing, Queens
Botom of the Ninth
Michael Shapiro goes inside baseball’s watershed moment in the 1950s. His book Bottom of the Ninth covers the schemes of Branch Rickey and Casey Stengel to save baseball.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 50
Judith Jamison, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, talks about the company's 50th anniversary celebration at BAM. Performances of "Best Of" and "Classic Ailey" programs run June 9-14. More information and tickets here.
Dreams from the Monster Factory
What do we do with the people who get out of jail and come back to communities? Criminal justice reform expert Sunny Schwartz, asks this question in Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All. She's joined by former prisoner Scott Schell to discuss her prisoner rehabilitation program.
Find out more Resolve to Stop the Violence Project, co-founded by Sunny Schwartz.
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National Book Award Winners
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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.
