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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, October 13, 2005
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  • Cheech Marin with the cast of Latinologues (latinologues.net)
    Cheech Marin with the cast of Latinologues (latinologues.net)

    Acts of Portrayal

    In our weekly Underreported feature, Ciaran Donnelley of the International Rescue Committee looks at the surprising resilience of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Then, Cheech Marin tells us about directing the Broadway production Latinologues. We’ll find out about the legal issues being raised by the sale of virtual property in online videogames, and curator Colin Bailey describes the new exhibition of Hans Memling’s portraits at the Frick Collection.

Underreported: Conflict in Uganda

According to a recent study by the International Rescue Committee, 1000 civilians are dying each week from conflict in Northeastern Uganda. Ciaran Donnelley of the International Rescue Committee talks about the crisis in Northern Uganda between civilians and the Lord’s Resistance Army.

»More on the International Rescue Committee

Latinologues

Cheech Marin, of “Cheech and Chong” fame, is directing a new Broadway production: Latinologues. The show features a series of monologues about Latino life in America.

» Latinologues website

Events: Latinologues is playing at:
The Helen Hayes Theatre
240 West 44th Street
Tuesday through Friday evenings at 8pm
Saturdays at 5 and 9pm
Sundays at 3 and 7pm


Music: Music from Four Rooms #2, 3

Virtual Property

More money is spent on video games than at the box office in the US, and according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, video games bring in $29 billion in global revenues. Now, players of online games are buying and selling virtual property—such as swords—to one another for real world money. Peter Brown, an Intellectual Property Rights lawyer, and Ren Reynolds, a consultant and journalist who studies the applications of philosophy and law on virtual environments, join us to discuss who actually owns this virtual property, and whether or not its trade should be regulated.

Hans Memling: Portrait of a Man (Frick Collection)

Memling's Portraits

Curator Colin Bailey tells us about The Frick Collection’s current exhibit of portraits by the Netherlandish artist Hans Memling. He’ll explain how the portraits fit in with Memling’s other works, and what place portraits occupied in 15th century art.

» Memling's Portrait exhibition at the Frick

Music: Le Roman De La Rose #21

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

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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.

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.

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

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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

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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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