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The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, August 25, 2004
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  • Mel Brooks at the WNYC studios
    Mel Brooks at the WNYC studios

    From Brooks to Brooklyn

    The one and only Mel Brooks discusses the play Squeeze Box (produced by his wife Anne Bancroft), and life since The Producers”. We’ll talk to Utah State archaeologist Kevin Jones and David Hurst Thomas, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History, about the significance of the Fremont ruins at Range Creek in Utah. Kept under wraps on land owned by a 74-year-old cowboy, the ruins—which researchers are saying are some of the most important archeological remains in the country—were recently sold to the federal government. Then editor and contributor Tim McLoughlin and contributors Kenji Jasper and Ellen Miller join us to discuss the short story collection Brooklyn Noir. Finally, sports writer Alan Schwarz offers insight on the allure of baseball statistics in his new book The Numbers Game.

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks on Squeeze Box, written and performed by Anne Randolph, and produced by Mr. Brooks’s wife, Anne Bancroft. And he reflects on life after The Producers.

» More about Squeeze Box

Music: Soundtrack to The Producers, music by John Morris: “Background Music—Bar Scene” / “The Producers” Jump Start and Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: “Ragtime”

Kevin Jones, David Hurst Thomas, and Dr. Rosita Worl

Archaeologist Kevin Jones, American Museum of Natural History curator David Hurst Thomas, and Dr. Rosita Worl, chair of the Remains Review Committee of NAGPRA on the Native American archaeological ruins in Range Creek, Utah.

Music:Helium, Tin Hat Trio: “A Life in East Poultney” / “Sand Dog Blues”

Tim McLoughlin, Kenji Jasper, and Ellen Miller

Tim McLoughlin, Kenji Jasper, and Ellen Miller share stories from the new Brooklyn Noir collection.

Authors from the Brooklyn Noir collection will be reading on:

Thursday, August 26th at 7pm
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer St.

Tuesday, September 7th at 6pm
Crown Heights
Brooklyn Public Library
560 New York Ave. (at Maple St.)

Wednesday, September 8th at 7pm
Prospect Park / Prospect Heights
Central Brooklyn Library
Grand Army Plaza

» More on the book

Music:Jazz in Film, Terence Blanchard: “Clockers” / “Degas’ Racing World”

Alan Schwarz

Alan Schwarz on his book The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics.

» More on Alan Schwarz

Music:“Eple” by Royksopp

Sarah Palin

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

The Leonard Lopate Show

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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.

States of the Union

States of the Union

The Leonard Lopate Show

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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?

  1. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
  2. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 2 (09/02/2008)
  3. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 4 (09/04/2008)
  4. The Leonard Lopate Show: Young'Uns (09/03/2008)
  5. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 3 (09/03/2008)
  6. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 1 (09/01/2008)
  7. The Leonard Lopate Show: Big Storm (09/04/2008)