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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, February 07, 2008
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    Thoughts Into Action

    Playwright Edward Albee and artist James Rosenquist explain how they channel their creativity into action. Also: a new novel about the great inventor Nikola Tesla. A new film set in 1970, during the military dictatorship in Brazil. And on Underreported: an important tiger conservation effort stretching from Bhutan to Malaysia.

    Write your own funny news headline - and editors from The Onion may evaluate it on The Leonard Lopate Show on Wed. Feb. 13! Submit your headline here.

Edward Albee and James Rosenquist: Turning Creativity into Action

Playwright Edward Albee and artist James Rosenquist explain how they channel their creativity into action. They’re featured in the new book, Creativity: Unconventional Wisdom from 20 Accomplished Minds, co-edited by Richard Gerstman.

Weigh in: Do you ever have a hard time turning your creativity into action? Tell us what your creative blocks are, and how you’ve overcome them.

Tesla

Imagining Nikola Tesla

Samantha Hunt spent 4 years researching Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest scientists of all time. Her novel The Invention of Everything Else imagines an unlikely friendship between Tesla and a young chambermaid in the Hotel New Yorker, where he lived out his last days.

Event: Samantha Hunt will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, February 7 at 7 pm
McNally Robinson Booksellers
52 Prince Street (between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets)

Explore Tesla through our Interactive Map

Weigh in: Tesla was known for his fantastic inventions. If you could invent an object that would do anything you wanted, what would it be?

Read an excerpt of The Invention of Everything Else
WNYC Culture Blog: Samantha Hunt guest blogs for two weeks
Tesla Interactive map

Mitt Romney Drops Out of Race

WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein joins Leonard to discuss Mitt Romney's announcement that he's dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination.

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Cao Hamburger’s film, "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation," is set in a Jewish neighborhood in Brazil in 1970, a year where Brazil was caught up in a military dictatorship and winning the World Cup in soccer. The film opens Friday, February 15 at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema (143 East Houston Street).

Official website for "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation"

Underreported: Tiger Corridor from Bhutan to Malaysia

Dr. Alan Rabinowitz of the Wildlife Conservation Society is helping to create a multi-national tiger conservation effort stretching from Bhutan to Malaysia. It’s a very complex undertaking, requiring the cooperation of businesses, NGOs, and governments – including the repressive military regime of Myanmar. Dr. Rabinowitz’s recent book is Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed.

Event: Dr. Alan Rabinowitz will be in conversation with Robert Krulwich
Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8:15 pm
92nd Street Y
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Tickets and info here or call (212) 415-5500

Wildlife Conservation Society website
SLIDESHOW: tigers

Sarah Palin

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.

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.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle on the Leonard Lopate Show

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Oprah’s Book Club has just chosen David Wroblewski’s novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle as its newest selection. Hear Wroblewki talk about his acclaimed novel on the Lopate Show in June 2008.

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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