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The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, September 11, 2002
  • St. Luke Chambre Ensemble

    September 11: Writers, Artists and Musicians Respond

    New York writers, artists and musicians respond to September 11th. Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman, Tony Hiss, and novelist Jennifer Belle discuss writing in the midst of a national tragedy and their contributions to 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11. Members of the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble perform a quartet by Haydyn. Plus New York Times Metro Editor John Lanvin and Photo Editor Stella Kramer discuss the collection of Portraits of Grief, and a conversation with David Lehman and Collette Ines about art in the face of grief, Poetry After 9/11.

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble

Members of the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble perform a quartet by Haydyn.

Collette Ines and David Lehman

A conversation with poets Collette Ines and David Lehman about poetry in the face of grief, Poetry After 9/11.

Art Spiegelman, Tony Hiss and Jennifer Belle

Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman, Tony Hiss, and novelist Jennifer Belle discuss writing in the midst of a national tragedy and their contributions to 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11.

John Lanvin and Stella Kramer

New York Times Editor John Lanvin and Photo Editor Stella Kramer discuss the collection of Portraits of Grief.

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.

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, 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.

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?