The Leonard Lopate Show
Fear Factors
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Corey Robin looks at the long relationship between fear and politics in Fear: The History of a Political Idea. For most runners, marathons are the ultimate test of strength and endurance. But Dean Karnazes tells us about his quest to push those limits with ultra marathons: races of 50 or 100 miles in extreme conditions. Then, Gareth Armstrong tells us about his one-man show, Shylock—the story of The Merchant of Venice told from the point of view of Shylock’s best friend Tubal. And Gene Wilder makes sense of the highs and lows of his life in his new memoir Kiss Me Like a Stranger.
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A History of Fear
Corey Robin explores the long history of fear as a political idea. He argues that it’s been influencing politics and culture since accounts of the Garden of Eden, and he explains how fear is acting as an agent of repression in modern-day America, in Fear: The History of a Political Idea.
Music:
Soundtrack to The General's Daughter, music by Carter Burwell: "Out of Her Misery" / "Exercise in Darkness"
Ultra Marathon Man
Dean Karnazes tells us about the physical and mental strength needed to run ultra marathons of 50 or 100 miles at a time. In Ultra Marathon: Confessions of an All-night Runner, he describes how, and why, he ran 226.2 miles without stopping, and ran over 100 miles in 130-degree weather in Death Valley.
Events:
Dean Karnazes will be speaking and signing books on:
Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)
Music:
Cinema Century: A Musical Celebration of 100 Years of Cinema: "Chariots of Fire"
Shylock
Gareth Armstrong re-tells Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice from the perspective of Shylock’s best friend Tubal in his one-man show Shylock.
Music:
Soundtrack to Restoration, music by James Newton Howard: "The Cabinet of Curiosities"
A Wilder Life
Gene Wilder considers the tragicomic nature of real life, and shares some of the lessons he’s learned in Kiss Me Like A Stranger.
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Events:
Gene Wilder will be speaking with playwright Wendy Wasserstein on:
Tuesday, March 22nd at 8PM
The 92nd Street Y
Music:
Jumpstart and Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: "Slow Drag"
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