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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 01, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, July 01, 2004
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    Separation Anxieties

    Guest host Jeffrey Toobin fills in for Leonard today. Caitlin Flanagan's article in the current issue of The New Yorker discusses the ambivalent and often agonizing feelings mothers wrestle with when deciding to stay at home or go back to work. Meanwhile, Nadya Labi's most recent article in Legal Affairs describes how some frustrated parents are paying "transport professionals" to abduct their unruly children and bring them to reform institutions. Then Fred Rosen talks about his book Cremation in America, about the past, present, and future of cremation in the U.S. And "Crazy Legs" Conti, the subject of the new documentary Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating joins us to talk about his desire to make it big as a competitive eater. He is joined by Rich Shea, head of the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

Caitlin Flanagan

Caitlin Flanagan shares her struggles to reconcile her own decision to be a stay at home mom with her mother’s decision to return to work when Flanagan was 12 years old.

» Current issue of The New Yorker

Music: Soundtrack to Iris, composed and conducted by James Horner: “Part 1/Part 2”

Nadya Labi

A senior editor at Legal Affairs, Nadya Labi details the strange world of an ex-cop who's making a living kidnapping children at the request of their parents.

» Nadya Labi's article in Legal Affairs

» Safe and Sound Youth Transportation website

Music: Amp: “Tomorrow”/Gare Du Nord Edit of “How Was It For You”

Fred Rosen

Fred Rosen's new book Cremation in America explores the contentious history and the current controversies surrounding this alternative to burial.

» More about the book

Music: Soundtrack to Angels and Insects, music by Alexander Balanescu: “Coppice”/”Waltz”

"Crazy Legs" Conti and Rich Shea

BAM is screening Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating tonight, just in time for the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest at Coney Island on July 4th. Rich Shea, head of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, will join Crazy Legs Conti today.

» Screening info

Music: Sweet Sixteenths, A Ragtime Concert: “Dizzy Fingers” (William H. Krell on piano)

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?