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www.mickeyrooney.comLet’s Put on a Show
Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney and his wife, Jan Rooney, tell us about their starring roles in the new musical revue, Let’s Put on a Show! at the Irish Repertory Theatre. Next, we’ll talk to Jeremy Burton, Vice President of Veritas Software Corp., about his company’s decision to ban e-mail on Fridays. Then Leonard opens up the phone lines to find out what listeners think about e-mail and office productivity, and which aspects of modern technology they’d rather live without. The Asia Society is presenting Forgiveness/Mourning, a performance piece rooted in Beijing opera, Korean Dance, and Japanese Butoh. The production is a part of the Imagine Festival, a citywide series of events dedicated to using art—rather than politics or protest—to confront critical issues facing the nation. Composer Eve Beglarian, dancer Eiko, and festival co-founder and co-producer Chris Wangro join us in the studio. Finally, Michael Simon shares his fiction debut, a hard-boiled mystery novel set in Austin, Texas during the 1980s called Dirty Sally.
Mickey and Jan Rooney
Mickey and Jan Rooney discuss their musical revue, Let’s Put on a Show!, which is currently up at the Irish Repertory Theatre.
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Music:Let’s Put on a Show!, Mickey and Jan Rooney: “You for Me” / “You Made Me Love You” / “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
Jeremy Burton
Jeremy Burton, VP of Veritas Software Corp., on his company’s policy of outlawing e-mail on Fridays.
Music:Unspeakable, Bill Frisell: “Tony” / “Stringbean”
Open Phones
We open the phones to find out what listeners think about e-mail, and communicating with modern technology.
Eve Beglarian, Eiko, Chris Wangro
Composer Eve Beglarian, and dancer Eiko of Forgiveness/Mourning, join Chris Wangro, the co-founder and co-producer of the Imagine Festival.
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Music:Forgiveness/Mourning, music by Eve Beglarian: “Shakuhachi” / “Song of Shame”
Michael Simon
Former probation officer Michael Simon on his first book, a noir fiction set in Austin, Texas: Dirty Sally.
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Music:Soundtrack to The Missing, music by James Horner: “Setting the Trap—Staying One Step Ahead…”
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Science and Faith
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Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.
FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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May 14, 2009
Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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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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