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The Leonard Lopate Show / October 03, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, October 03, 2003
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  • Chelsea Boys by Glen Hanson and Allan Neuwirth
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    See You in the Funny Papers

    Animators Howard Beckerman, Allan Neuwirth, and David Levy discuss the future of animation. Lisa Dierbeck shares her new novel, One Pill Makes You Smaller. And director of the British Film Institute Amanda Nevill talks about the restoration of the 1929 film "Piccadilly."

Howard Beckerman, Allan Neuwirth, and David Levy

Animators Howard Beckerman, Allan Neuwirth, and David Levy discuss the future of animation.

  • Music: James and the Giant Peach Soundtrack composer Randy Newman
    Finding Nemo Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman

    • Lisa Dierbeck

    Lisa Dierbeck shares her new novel, One Pill Makes You Smaller.

  • Events:
    Sunday October 5: Reading with Dale Peck Sunday, KGB READING SERIES, 7:00 PM, 85 E. 4th Street
    Wednesday, October 8: , Reading with Jonathan Ames, Barnes & Noble, 675 6 Avenue, 7:30 PM
  • Music: Benny and Joon Soundtrack composer Rachel Portma

    • Amanda Nevill

    Director of the British Film Institute Amanda Nevill talks about the restoration of the 1929 film "Piccadilly."

  • Music: Dana Suesse Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era “Jazz Nocturne” and “Swamp-bird”

    • Bill Richardson on Diplomacy

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    New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.

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    Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show

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    NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.

    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.

    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.

    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?