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The Leonard Lopate Show / November 21, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, November 21, 2003
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  • Vermeer and the Delft School
    Vermeer and the Delft School

    Vivid Imaginations

    Stephen King is here to tell us what he’s been up to lately. He not only has a new book out, Wolves of the Calla, but he’s also just been awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution from the National Book Foundation. Then Lee Marmon shares his photographs of Pueblo Indian culture. And as part of our station-wide Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam series, the Met’s Dr. Walter Liedtke talks about Dutch art.

Stephen King

Stephen King talks about being the 2003 recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. His new novel is Wolves of the Calla.

  • Music: "Diabolique" 1. A Stimulating Bath 2. Desperation

    • Lee Marmon

    Photographer Lee Marmon has been photographing the Laguna Pueblo Indian community (of which he’s a part) since 1946. His recent book is called Pueblo Imagination.
    Events: Lee Marmon will be at the Museum of the American Indian along with Simon Ortiz at 2 pm tomorrow (they’ll be giving a presentation, followed by a booksigning) – in Lower Manhattan – One Bowling Green, next to Battery Park (212-514-3700)

  • Music: Way of the Gun Soundtrack composer Joe Kraemer

    • Walter Liedtke

    Walter Liedtke is curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As part of our station-wide Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam series, he joins us to discuss the importance of Dutch art.
    Old Amsterdam, New AmsterdamFind out about Dutch art and more in Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam.

  • Music: Aspects of Chambermusic from the Netherlands
    Synophonia from Der Fluyten Lusthof (Amsterdam 1648-1654)

    • Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System

    The Leonard Lopate Show

    Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.

    Rahm Emanuel

    Big Plans for America

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    Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel from Illinois has agreed to be Chief of Staff under President-Elect Barack Obama. You can hear him on the Lopate Show in 2006 discussing his thoughts on what the Democratic party needed to do in order to succeed.

    Barack Obama

    Barack Obama, Circa 2004

    The Leonard Lopate Show

    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.

    Joe Biden

    Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show

    The Leonard Lopate Show

    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.

    Guest Picks

    The Leonard Lopate Show

    Find out surprising facts about some recent guests on the Leonard Lopate Show. Check out our Guest Picks section! Did you know that football star Herschel Walker loves Judge Judy, Laurie Anderson is a big fan of agility training for dogs, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi likes Johnny Depp?

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