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Moveable Feasts
The average American meal has traveled thousands of miles to reach your plate. We look into the history of food transportation, going back to the ancient Roman olive oil trade. Also, find out how you can help cut down on food waste this holiday season. On States of the Union: what voters in West Virginia care about. Plus, how America’s nuclear policies have changed under the Bush White House.
How Nuclear Policies Have Changed Under the Bush White House
Jonathan Schell says that American nuclear policy has radically changed under the Bush administration, and that’s provoked proliferation in Iran, North Korea, and elsewhere. His recent book is The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger .
The Seventh Decade is available for purchase at amazon.com
States of the Union: West Virginia
West Virginia has been a Democratic stronghold for years, but it voted Republican in 2000 - and without it, Florida would not have mattered and Bush would have lost the election. Will West Virginia go Republican again in 2008? On States of the Union, find out how issues like global warming are dealt with in a major coal-producing state…and why West Virginia has the highest median age in the country (yes, it even beats out Florida). Scott Finn is a reporter at West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
Judith Jones’s Life in Food
The tenth muse is Gasterea, goddess of the pleasures of taste. Editor Judith Jones may be one such muse; she’s introduced to the world food talents like Julia Child, Marcella Hazan, and Claudia Roden. Jones’s new memoir is The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food.
The Tenth Muse is available for purchase at amazon.com
Preventing Holiday Food Waste
In this season of holiday parties, a lot of food goes to waste. Jilly Stephens of City Harvest talks about the shortage in food pantries around the city, and what you can do to help.
The History of Food Transportation, From Amphorae to Airplanes
The average meal has traveled thousands of miles to reach your plate. But long-distance food travel is nothing new, going back to the olive oil trade throughout the Roman Empire. Sarah Murray’s history of food transportation is Moveable Feasts.
Weigh in: Does your grocery store label your produce’s origins? Do you care much about where your food comes from?
Moveable Feasts is available for purchase at amazon.com
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Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics
The Leonard Lopate Show
August 08, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is Sen. John McCain’s VP running mate. To find out more about Gov. Palin and Alaska politics, check out our States of the Union: Alaska segment from Aug. 8, 2008.
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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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Sen. Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to be his running mate. To find out more about his personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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As the Democratic Convention is underway in Denver, listen to 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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John McCain in 2000
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Sen. John McCain spoke with Leonard in September 2000 about his memoir, Faith of My Fathers. He discussed his family's naval background, his time in POW camps, as well as his own presidential ambitions for the 2000 election.
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States of the Union
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Why is New York a blue state, Wyoming a red, and Ohio a shade of purple? Looking ahead to Election Day 2008, Leonard talks to journalists, scholars, and activists from each of the 50 states to find out what motivates voters from Maine to California.
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