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The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, August 31, 2004
  • Mickey Rooney
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    Let’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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» More on the Imagine Festival

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.
» More on the book

Music:Soundtrack to The Missing, music by James Horner: “Setting the Trap—Staying One Step Ahead…”

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.

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?