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The Leonard Lopate Show / December 10, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, December 10, 2003
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  • The Centaur’s Smile
    Bronze statuette of a centaur, Greek ca. 530 B.C.

    Human Animals

    The gurus of how-to, Alvin and Larry Ubell, answer listeners’ home-repair questions. Ted Morgan examines McCarthyism in 20th-century American politics. Then we take a look at ancient Greek human animals (think centaurs, satyrs, sphinxes, sirens, and gorgons) with Princeton University’s Michael Padgett. And Michael Ignatieff on his latest novel, Charlie Johnson in the Flames.

Alvin and Larry Ubell

Building inspectors Alvin and Larry Ubell take listeners’ calls on the air. Call 212-267-WNYC (212-267-9692) with your home-repair questions.

Ted Morgan

Ted Morgan takes a look at one of the darker periods in U.S. political history. His new book is Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America.

  • Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal

    • Michael Padgett

    Michael Padgett is curator of Ancient art at the Princeton University Art Museum. The Museum’s current exhibition is The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, on display until Januray 18, 2004.

  • Music: French Orchestral Miniatures 1850-1950 Chamber Philharmonic of Bohemia

    • Michael Ignatieff

    Michael Ignatieff is a renowned writer whose work has appeared in publications like the New Yorker and New York Review of Books. His writing has ranged from history to fiction to memoir, and his new novel, Charlie Johnson in the Flames, is about a war correspondent covering conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

  • Music: Blink Soundtrack composer Brad Fiedel

    • 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.

    (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedkerwin/">tedkerwin</a>/flickr)

    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

    The Leonard Lopate Show

    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

    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?