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The Leonard Lopate Show / September 24, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, September 24, 2004
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  • Bush versus the Environment
    Bush versus the Environment

    Man versus Nature

    In Bush versus the Environment, Robert Devine argues that the Bush administration is systematically undermining 30 years of environmental protection policies. Lorraine Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and former Washington Post staff writer, has shifted her attention to literature. Her first novel, Harbor, follows the struggles of a group of young Arab Muslim men as they try to get by in the United States. And director Curtis Clayton, writer Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket) and actor Bill Pullman discuss Rick, their new film adaptation of the opera Rigoletto.

Robert Devine

Robert Devine on the current administration’s environmental policies: Bush versus the Environment.

» Read an excerpt of Bush versus the Environment in the Reading Room
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Music: "Tomorrow" by Amp
"Resolution" by Thievery Corporation

Lorraine Adams

Journalist Lorraine Adams on her new novel, Harbor.

» More on the book

Events: Dan Fesperman and Lorraine Adams will be reading and signing books on:
Thursday, September 23rd at 7pm
Barnes & Noble
675 6th Avenue (between 21st and 22nd)

Music: "Limbe" by S Tone

Curtis Clayton, Daniel Handler and Bill Pullman

Director Curtis Clayton, Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket) and Bill Pullman on Rick, a film adaptation of Rigoletto.

Music: Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi: “Preludio”

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.

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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?