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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 29, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, July 29, 2005
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  • Animals in Translation
    Temple Grandin, Animals in Translation

    A Question of Identity

    Animal scientist Temple Grandin explains how her autism gives her special insights into understanding animal communication. Next, Daniel Clowes, the creator of the graphic novel Ghost World, shares his latest work: Ice Haven. Then, two-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey tries his hand at non-fiction with an account of discovering the world of anime with his son. And Kwame Anthony Appiah explores the boundaries and meanings of different markers of identity--such as race, nationality, sexuality, and religion--in The Ethics of Identity.

Animal Insight

Animal scientist Temple Grandin describes how her autism helps her to understand animals. Her latest book is Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior.

Music: Soundtrack to At First Sight, music by Mark Isham: "A Simple Touch" / "At First Sight"

Ice Haven

Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes shares his latest, Ice Haven. It features 29 interconnecting stories in Ice Haven—a town gripped by anxiety over a missing child.

A Father's Journey with His Son

Two-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang) ponders the meaning of discovering another culture through the eyes of his son, in Wrong About Japan.

Music: Twink Supercute!" #1 by Mulatta Records

The Ethics of Identity

To what extent are we defined by our race, nationality, religion, gender, and sexuality? Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses how what we are determines who we are, in The Ethics of Identity.

Music: Frank Sinatra’s "My Way" on The Reprise Collection (Reprise Records)

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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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.

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.

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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