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Washington Post reporter Bradley Graham analyzes Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure at the Pentagon. Then we’ll learn about the "Secret Policemen’s Film Festival," a series showcasing 30 years of comedy/rock benefit performances for Amnesty International. Then Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Gary Tinterow discusses the first major exhibition in 20 years devoted to the work of Francis Bacon. Plus, our latest Underreported looks at political corruption in Kenya.
We Want Your Recipes!
Do you have a secret ingredient that transforms a recipe? A favorite dish that you’ve made your own? The Lopate Show is collecting your adapted recipes! Chef Michael Lomonaco will be reading them all, and he’ll be here in July to pick his favorite dish and cook it with the winner! It’s all part of our Food in the City series. Submit your recipe here. The deadline is July 1!
By His Own Rules
Bradley Graham, longtime Washington Post reporter who closely covered Donald Rumsfeld's tenure at the Pentagon, offers a layered and revealing portrait of the former Secretary of Defense's complex personality and troubled legacy. His book is By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld.
Secret Policemen’s Film Festival
Martin Lewis, series co-creator and co-producer, and Terry Jones, of Monty Python, talk about the "The Secret Policemen's Film Festival," at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The festival showcases the best of the Amnesty International groundbreaking comedy/rock benefits, starring the Monty Python players and other greats in British comedy and laid the groundwork for other benefit shows, such as Live Aid, Farm Aid, and Comic Relief. "The Secret Policemen's Film Festival," is playing at the Film Society of Lincoln Center June 26 through July 1. More information about screenings and tickets here.
Francis Bacon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gary Tinterow, Engelhard Chairman of the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, discusses "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective," the first major New York exhibition in 20 years devoted to the modern British painter. It’s on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 16. For more information about the exhibition, visit www.metmuseum.org.
Underreported: Political Corruption in Kenya
On today's Underreported, Michaela Wrong, author of It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower, discusses John Githongo, a pillar of the Kenyan establishment turned whistle-blower, becoming simultaneously one of the most hated and admired men in Kenya. She also explores the factors that continue to blight Africa—ethnic favoritism, government corruption, and the smug complacency of Western donor nations—probing the very roots of the continent's predicament.
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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.
