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The Leonard Lopate Show / December 19, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, December 19, 2003
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  • Tony Kushner
    Tony Kushner

    Angel In America: Tony Kushner

    Tony Kushner’s been busy lately – he’s edited a new book on the progressive Jewish response to Zionism; his new play/musical at the Public Theater, ”Caroline, or Change,” is a hit; ”Angels in America.” has been re-adapted for HBO; and he’s even written a children’s book. He’s here to talk about his recent goings-on-about- town. Then Adam Goldberg on his role in the new action comedy, ”The Hebrew Hammer.” And a discussion with Judith Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner’s the playwright behind ”Caroline, or Change” and “Angels in America”; he’s an editor of Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; and he’s written Brundibar, a children’s book illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

  • Music: HBO film "Angels in America" soundtrack - tracks 2, 3, 5, and 7

    • Adam Goldberg

    Adam Goldberg talks about playing “the baaaaadest Heeb this side of Tel Aviv” in the new film ”The Hebrew Hammer”. It’s been called a new interpretation of the “Blaxploitation” film genre.

    Judith Jamison

    Judith Jamison is the legendary and long-term artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

  • Muisc: John Mackey, "Juba" and Alvin Ailey's "Revelations," "Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham"

    • 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?