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O Canada!
Guest host Sarah Crichton fills in for Leonard today. In honor of Canada Day on July 1st and the Canadian general elections on June 28th, we’ll talk to Pamela Wallin, the Canadian Consul General to New York. Then Dr. Jonathan Edlow talks about the strange history of Lyme disease. We’ll hear from participants in the first Israeli hip hop concert in NY, and we’ll talk to author Mia Yun about her new novel Translations of Beauty.
Pamela Wallin
Pamela Wallin, Canadian Consul General to New York and an accomplished broadcaster and journalist, joins us one day after the Canadian general elections on June 28th, and one day before Canada Day on July 1st.
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Details on Canada Day Celebrations at Joe’s Pub
Music: Oscar Peterson: "In the Still of the Night"
Joni Mitchell: "Both Sides Now"
The Essential Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen: "First We Take Manhattan"
Glenn Gould: "Variation 2" from 1955 Goldberg Variations Recording
Dr. Jonathan Edlow
Dr. Jonathan Edlow uncovers the medical detective work behind the discovery of Lyme disease in Bull’s Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease.
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Read an excerpt of Bull’s Eye in the Reading Room
» More about the book
Music: Isan: "Betty’s Lament" Euphone: "Fallout"
Aaron Bisman, MC TN and Segol 59
Aaron Bisman, founder of JDub records and the event producer of The Unity Sessions, and Palestinian MC TN, aka Tamer from Dam, are participating in the first Israeli hip hop concert in NY. They are joined by Segol 59, rapper and one of the pioneers of Israeli hip-hop. ("Segol" is Hebrew for "purple.") His latest album, "Shnei Tzeidim Shel Segol 59," was released in October 2003 on NMC, Israel's largest record company.
» More about JDub Records and The Unity Sessions
Events: The Unity Sessions at Celebrate Brooklyn will take
place at Prospect Park Bandshell on Thurs July 1. Address is Prospect Park West and 9th St.-FREE SHOW
Doors: 6:30pm Showtime: 7:30pm
More info: celebratebrooklyn.org
Music: Segol 59: The Two Sides of Segol 59 - "Yom Yafeh"
MC TN: DAM's Demo - "Mim Mim"
Mia Yun
Mia Yun discusses her new novel, Translations of Beauty, the story of two Korean-born twins growing up in Flushing, Queens.
» Read excerpts of Translations of Beauty in the Reading Room
» More about Mia Yun
Music: Soundtrack for At First Sight, music by Mark Isham: "Our Eyes Aren’t What Make Us See"
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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.
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, 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.
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