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(Getty)Survival Skills
Bernard Madoff is being sentenced today! Andy Borowitz has some suggestions for how Mr. Madoff can survive after he trades in his pin stripes for horizontal ones. Then, what art and science can learn from each other. Also, Michele Cohen gives us a comprehensive history of art projects in New York's Public Schools. Plus, journalist Paula Span shares the stories of several families taking care of elderly relatives that are too frail to live alone but are too healthy for a nursing home. We’ll also be joined by the president of the New York Chapter of Professional Geriatric Managers and a woman who is caring for an aging parent.
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!
Who Moved My Soap?
Bernie Madoff will be sentenced for a jail term of up to 150 years for his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. The time for legal advice is over. Award-winning comedian and creator of the Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz offers Madoff another kind of advice in Who Moved My Soap? The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison: The Bernie Madoff Edition.
Event: Andy Borowitz will be performing stand-up and signing books
Thursday, July 2nd, at 9:00 pm
"Comedy Below Canal"
92nd St. Y in Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
More information and tickets here.
Where Art and Science Intersect
Daniel Kohn, artist-in-residence at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Damian Young, a synthetic organic chemist at the Broad Institute and project leader of its Chemical Biology Program, discuss the intersection of science and art, and how those shared qualities relate to their own work.
Daniel Kohn's artwork from his time at the Institute are on view at the Cynthia-Reeves Gallery in New York.
Public Art for Public Schools
Michele Cohen gives a comprehensive account of the history and future of public art projects in New York City’s public schools, where more than 1,500 artworks have been assembled over the last 150 years, ranging from stained glass by Tiffany Studios to vast mural cycles commissioned by the WPA to modern and contemporary works by Hans Hofmann, Ben Shahn, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold, and Vito Acconci. Her book Public Art for Public Schools is illustrated with archival images from the Department of New York City school system and new photographs by architectural photographer Stan Ries.
You can view at a slideshow of public art in public schools here.
When the Time Comes
There are currently 45 million Americans caring for family members, and as the 77 million boomers continue to age, this number will only go up. Journalist Paula Span shares the stories of several families who’ve had to deal with older family members to frail to live alone but to healthy for a nursing home. She’s joined by Debbie Drelich, President of the Greater New York Chapter of Professional Geriatric Managers, and Ilze Earner, who has had personal experience caring for an aging parent. In When the Time Comes: Families with Aging Parents Share Their Struggles and Solutions, Span writes about the emotional challenges and practical discoveries about elder care options.
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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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Let’s Go Swimming!
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Frank McCourt
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Frank McCourt has been a guest many times on this show over the years, starting in 1996 for the memoir, Angela’s Ashes, that would earn him a Pulitzer Prize. Fame came to him late in life, after he’d retired at the age of 65 from teaching English and creative writing at public schools here in New York. He was a sweet, eloquent man who spoke with grace and humility; he just died at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. You can hear him speaking with Leonard Lopate for his Survival Kit in 2000, and in 2005, for his memoir, Teacher Man.
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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.
Leonard is on Facebook
Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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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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