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The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, February 02, 2005
  • A Navajo Smile, Edward S. Curtis (Library of Congress)
    A Navajo Smile, Edward S. Curtis (Library of Congress)

    The State of Indian Nations

    Tex G. Hall, President of the National Congress of American Indians, will deliver the third annual State of Indian Nations Address this week. He joins us today to outline some of the major issues facing American Indians. Next, trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas discusses the connection he feels towards the rural mountain culture he celebrates in his new album, Mountain Passages. Then, Sherill Tippins recreates the time when W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee all lived under one roof. Finally, William Powers discusses struggling to fight poverty and save the environment as an aid worker in Liberia: Blue Clay People.

High Notes

Jazz trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas finds inspiration in rural mountain culture for his album Mountain Passages.

Events: Dave Douglas will be performing on:
February 1st through 6th, 9 & 11pm
Tickets are $20 w/ a $10 min.
The Village Vanguard
178 7th Ave South (just below W. 11th St.)

Music: Mountain Passages, Dave Douglas: "Gumshoe" / "Twelve Degrees Proof"
Bow River Falls, Dave Douglas: "Blinks" / "Bow River Falls"

Creative Space

Sherill Tippins on the adventures W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee shared under one roof in Brooklyn: February House.

Events: Sherill Tippins will be appearing on:
Wednesday, February 3rd at 7pm
Barnes & Noble, Brooklyn Heights

Music: Britten: Paul Bunyan, Philip Brunelle: "Introduction--Prologue"

Blue Clay People

William Powers recounts his efforts to fight poverty and save the environment as an aid worker in Liberia: Blue Clay People.

Events: William Powers will be appearing on:
Wednesday, February 2 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place

Music: Pieces of Africa, Kronos Quartet: "Kutambarara (Spreading)"

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

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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.

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, 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 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

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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?