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The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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  • Dante's Inferno
    Dante's Inferno

    Heaven and Hell

    Bombay native Suketu Mehta evokes the vastness and vibrancy of his hometown in his latest work of fiction: Maximum City. Then Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the birth and development of the universe in Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution. Writer Eileen Myles, composer Michael Webster, and lead singer Julianna Snapper discuss their musical interpretation of Dante’s Inferno. Their one act opera is titled Hell. And Tom Gleisner extols the virtues of a nonexistent country: Molvania. With Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry, he creates an entirely fictional guidebook dedicated to satirizing budget travel guides.

Suketu Mehta

Author Suketu Mehta on his portrait of Bombay: Maximum City.

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Events: Suketu Mehta will be reading and signing books on:
Tuesday, September 28th at 6:30pm
Asia Society
502 Park Avenue

Music: Heat and Dust, music by Richard Robbins: "Chid Feeds the holy Cows" / "In the Purdah Quarters" / "Raag Pilu"

Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Hayden Planetarium’s director Neil deGrasse Tyson with 14 billion years of cosmic evolution Origins.

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Events: Neil deGrasse Tyson, will be reading and signing books on:
Thursday, September 30th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway @ 82nd Street

Music: Soundtrack to Naqoyqatsi, music by Philip Glass: "Naqoyqatsi" / "Massman"

Eileen Myles, Michael Webster and Julianna Snapper

Writer Eileen Myles, composer Michael Webster, and lead singer Julianna Snapper, on their one act opera, Hell.

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Music: Music from Hell, composed by Michael Webster, lyrics by Eileen Myles

Tom Gleisner

Tom Gleisner takes us to a fictional land in his spoof on budget travel guides: Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry.

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Music: Molvania National Anthem

Sarah Palin

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.

Joe Biden

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.

Barack Obama

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.

John McCain

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.

States of the Union

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.

Guest Picks

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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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