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The Leonard Lopate Show / March 11, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, March 11, 2004
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    The Living Room Candidates

    David Schwartz, chief curator of Film at the American Museum of the Moving Image, discusses presidential ads and living room candidates. Then Joel Bakan, law professor and author of The Corporation, talks about the pathological pursuit of profit and power. Thomas Mallon shares his new novel, Bandbox. And jazz pianist George Shearing with his autobiography, Lullaby at Birdland.

David Schwartz

David Schwartz, chief curator of Film at the American Museum of the Moving Image, discusses presidential ads and living room candidates. The Living Room Candidate exhibit traces the history of presidential campaign commercials from their beginnings in 1952 to the present.

» Visit The Living Room Candidates project on the museum's website

Music: “Mumford,” original soundtrack. Music composed by James Newton Howard. Tracks #10 and #14.

Joel Bakan

Joel Bakan, law professor and author of The Corporation, talks about the pathological pursuit of profit and power.

Music: Alloy Orchestra: “Lonesome.” Tracks #5 and #6.

Thomas Mallon

Thomas Mallon shares his new novel, Bandbox, a novel that captures the heart and soul of New York in the Jazz Age.

» Read an excerpt of Mallon's book in the Reading Room

Music: "Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era, Vol. 1: Pauline Albert." Tracks #12 and #13.

George Shearing

Jazz pianist George Shearing with his autobiography, Lullaby at Birdland. Shearing is a European jazz musician who became a household name in the US. He was born blind but started to learn piano at the age of three.

Music: George Shearing: "Lullabies of Birdland – A Musical Autobiography." Disc 1, track #2; disc 2, track #3.

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

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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?