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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 26, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, July 26, 2004
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  • Jeff Greenfield
    Jeff Greenfield

    Democratic Convention Coverage

    Jeff Greenfield, senior analyst for CNN, reports live from the Democratic Convention. Vanity Fair contributor Bryan Burrough looks back on America’s most notorious crime wave, and the FBI’s formative years between 1933 and 1934 in his book Public Enemies. Then Michael Moore joins us by phone from Boston to talk about why he thinks "Fahrenheit 9/11" has been such a polarizing force in the country. Chuck Klosterman shares his self-described "low-culture" manifesto: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. And we’ll hear from Nancy Butcher, whose book The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse revels in the uneasy fascination that surrounds rare diseases, medical mysteries, and unusual remedies.

Jeff Greenfield

CNN’s Jeff Greenfield reports live from the Democratic Convention.

» More on The Leonard Lopate Show's election coverage
» More on Jeff Greenfield

Music: "Salpica" by Mambotur / "From Creation" by Thievery Corporation

Bryan Burrough

Bryan Burrough on Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave, and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34.

» More on the book

Events: Bryan Burrough will be speaking on:
Monday, July 26 at 7:30 PM
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway (at 82nd St.)

Music: Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert, William Albright, piano: "Mississippi Rag: Two-Step" / "The Charleston Rag" / "Peace and Plenty Rag"

Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman deconstructs our pop culture world of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs.

» Read an excerpt Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs in the Reading Room
» More on the book

Events: Chuck Klosterman will be reading on:
Tuesday, July 27th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place
4 Astor Place

Music: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Nancy Butcher

Nancy Butcher chronicles uncommon diseases and bizarre cures in The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse.

» More on the book

Music: Soundtrack to Benny & Joon, music by Rachel Portman: "Swinging"

Michael Moore

Farenheit 9/11 "Fahrenheit 9/11" recently surpassed $100 million at the box office. Michael Moore speaks with Jeffrey Toobin about the film and how he thinks its success might affect the November elections.

» Michael Moore's website
» "Farenheit 9/11" website

Music: The Blue Series Continuum: GoodandEvil Sessions: "Then Again" / "On the Run"

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?