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iStock PhotoThe Birds and the Bees
Today we’ll have an on-air barbeque taste test with two famous pitmasters. Then, the phrase "bird brain" is used as a put-down, but we’ll talk to a leading neurobiologist and a cognitive scientist about the parallels between human and bird brain development. We’ll go an expedition to discover the origins of the universe by using a telescope in a balloon...with filmmaker Paul Devlin and a scientist. And we'll hear the latest on the Iranian elections from Christiane Amanpour in Tehran. Plus, Please Explain is all about bees.
RSVP to the Lopate Show’s Projections screening of "Parting Glances" on June 16th at WNYC’s Greene Space here: projections@wnyc.org
Big Apple Barbeque
We celebrate the 7th annual Big Apple Barbeque Block Party by speaking with Kenny Callaghan, pitmaster and executive chef of Blue Smoke, and Patrick Martin, a pitmaster from Nolensville, Tennessee, including an on-air sampling of different styles of barbeque. The Big Apple Barbeque Block Party is June 13-14, 11:00 am-7:00 pm, in Madison Square Park.
Iranian Election
Elections are being held today in Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been locked in a neck-and-neck race with reform-minded former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and in recent days the campaign has become particularly heated. We’ll talk to CNN’s Chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour from Iran.
Blast!
Filmmaker Paul Devlin and his brother Mark Devlin discuss Paul's film "BLAST!" It follows Mark, a cosmologist, as he leads a team of scientists launching a revolutionary new telescope under a NASA high-altitude balloon, with the hopes of figuring out how all the galaxies were formed. "BLAST!" opens at Cinema Village June 12. More information about screening times and tickets here.
Events: Director Paul Devlin and atrophysicist Mark Devlin will hold a Q&A
Friday, June 12
After the 7:00 and 9:00 pm screenings
Director Paul Devlin will hold a Q&A
Saturday, June 13
After the 7:00 and 9:00 pm screenings
Director Paul Devlin will hold a Q&A
Sunday, June 14
After the 5:10 pm screening
Avian Einsteins
Leading bird scientists Erich Jarvis and Irene Pepperberg explore how striking parallels between bird and human brains are providing new insights into how we acquire language and links between hearing and movement. Neurobiologist Erich Jarvis leads a Duke University team that studies how songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds learn and pass along new sounds. Irene Pepperberg is adjunct associate professor at Brandeis University and research associate and lecturer at Harvard, and the author of Alex and Me.
Event: Erich Jarvis and Irene Pepperberg will be taking part in a panel discussion
Avian Einsteins
Saturday, June 13, at 3:30 pm
NYU Skirball Center
566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square South
More information and tickets here.
Avian Einsteins is part of the World Science Festival, in New York City June 10-14.
Please Explain: Bees
The honeybees is just one species of bee, and they often get the most attention, but there are an estimated 20,000 different species of bees in the world. Bees play an important role in pollinating plants, and many have highly developed methods of socialization and communication. We'll learn all about bees, and the latest on Colony Collapse Disorder, with Bryan Danforth, professor of entomology at Cornell University, and Maryann Frazier, senior extension associate in the Department of Entomology at Penn State University.
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Patrick Swayze
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Patrick Swayze mixed grace with athleticism in his movies – and rose to stardom with roles in “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost.” He died just recently after a battle with pancreatic cancer. And you can hear his interview with Leonard Lopate from July 16, 2002, when he came by to discuss appearing in the film, “Green Dragon.”
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The Silver Anniversary of the Silver Palate
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Sheila Lukins was one half of a partnership that helped popularize gourmet cooking throughout America – first, through their gourmet food shop in New York City and then with the cookbook, The Silver Palate, which remains one of the top-selling cookbooks of all time. She collaborated on 2 other cookbooks that simplified gourmet cooking for the home cook. She died recently from brain cancer at the age of 66, and you can listen to her 2007 conversation with Leonard Lopate and her business partner Julee Rosso about the 25th Anniversary of the publication of The Silver Palate.
Dominick Dunne
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Dominick Dunne was a famous novelist and Hollywood producer. But he may be best remembered for covering trials of the rich and famous – from Claus von Bulow to O. J. Simpson. He died just recently at the age of 83. But you can still hear his interview with Leonard from November 23, 2001, when he was discussing crimes, trials, and punishments.
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Science and Faith
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Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.
FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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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.
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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