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The Leonard Lopate Show / March 23, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, March 23, 2004
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  • <i>Opening Mexico</i>
    Opening Mexico

    Opening Mexico

    Got a jiggly doorknob, a leaky roof, banging pipes? The gurus of how-to, Alvin and Larry Ubell, are here to take your calls and answer all your home repair questions. Then two journalists, Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon, go over the decline of the dictatorial Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico’s recent political history. Veteran singer Barbara Cook discusses the music from two decades of Broadway’s golden years, from 1951 to 1971. And theater professionals Doug Wright, Moises Kaufman, and Jefferson Mays on the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an East German transvestite who managed to survive the Nazi regime.

Alvin and Larry Ubell

Got a jiggly doorknob, a leaky roof, banging pipes? The gurus of how-to, Alvin and Larry Ubell, are here to take your calls and answer all your home repair questions. Call 212-267-WNYC (212-26709692) to ask the Ubells your home-repair questions live on air.

» Visit the Ubells’ website

Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon

Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon are reporters for the New York Times. Their new book is Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy.

Events: Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon will give a talk on Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:30pm at The New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street

Music: Mexico En Vivo: Versiones Orignales Original Mexican Songs
"Ramos Caracas" "El Ahualuco" "Las Perlitas"

Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook’s new show, "Barbara Cook’s Broadway," is at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater at 150 West 65th Street through April 18th.

Music: Barbara Cook Close As Places In A Book "It’s Not Where You Start"
Oscar Winners: The Lyrics of Hammerstein II "This Nearly Was Mine"

Doug Wright, Moises Kaufman and Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays Doug Wright is the playwright, Moises Kaufman is the director, and Jefferson Mays is the lone actor in "I Am My Own Wife," now playing at the Lyceum Theatre at 149 West 45th Street.

» Visit the play’s website for more info

Music: Paul Hindemith String Trios "I Andante"

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?