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The Leonard Lopate Show / March 25, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, March 25, 2004
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    Environment vs. Energy

    There's been a lot of upheaval at the Environmental Protection Agency during the current Bush administration. Investigative reporter Christopher Drew on how lobbyists from some of the nation's largest power companies won the battle of pollution control at the EPA. Then Leonard talks about social entrepreneurship with David Bornstein, Sara Horowitz, and Gillian Caldwell - three people who have all thought a lot about the importance of innovation in helping to fill societal needs. Opera star Thomas Hampson explains his current role in "Don Giovanni" at the Metropolitan Opera. And writer Luisita Lopez Torregrosa on her complex relationship with her Puerto Rican heritagel.

Christopher Drew

Christopher Drew, a New York Times investigative reporter, talks about environmental protection vs. energy policy in the Bush-Cheney administration.

Music: Kodo "Wax Off"
Euphone "Fallout"

David Bornstein

David Bornstein is the author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Sara Horowitz is a key figure behind Working Today, a national nonprofit organization devoted to making sure that independent workers - freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent employees and the self-employed— have access to key health insurance and other benefits. Gillian Caldwell is the founder of witness.org, a human rights program that trains activists at a local level and supplies them with videocameras.

» Read more about Working Today
» Go to witness.org

Music: Ulrich Schnauss “Knuddelmaus”

Thomas Hampson

Thomas Hampson is singing the title role in the current Metropolitan Opera's production of "Don Giovanni."

» Visit Thomas Hampson's website
» Visit the Met Opera’s website

Music: Mozart Grabmusik K.42. Regina Coeli K. 127
Thomas Hampson and Wolfgang Sawallisch Schubert Winterreise
“Der Lindenbaum”

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa's new memoir is The Noise of Infinite Longing: A Memoir of a Family--and an Island. She is currently an editor at the New York Times.

» Read more about the book

Music: Puerto Rico Tropical “Bambule”

Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System

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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

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Listen to President-Elect 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

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To find out more about Vice President-Elect Joe Biden’s 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

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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?