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Waste Not, Want Not

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 10, 2010

Jonathan Bloom talks about America’s propensity to waste food. Then, pianist Leon Fleisher talks about his career and passion for music. Also, journalist Rula Jebreal talks about her novel Miral. Plus, Jonathan Schneer discusses the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which laid the groundwork for the modern state of Israel.

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