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The Leonard Lopate Show / March 22, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, March 22, 2005
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  • Gene Wilder, Kiss Me Like a Stranger
    Gene Wilder, Kiss Me Like a Stranger

    Fear Factors

    Corey Robin looks at the long relationship between fear and politics in Fear: The History of a Political Idea. For most runners, marathons are the ultimate test of strength and endurance. But Dean Karnazes tells us about his quest to push those limits with ultra marathons: races of 50 or 100 miles in extreme conditions. Then, Gareth Armstrong tells us about his one-man show, Shylock—the story of The Merchant of Venice told from the point of view of Shylock’s best friend Tubal. And Gene Wilder makes sense of the highs and lows of his life in his new memoir Kiss Me Like a Stranger.

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A History of Fear

Corey Robin explores the long history of fear as a political idea. He argues that it’s been influencing politics and culture since accounts of the Garden of Eden, and he explains how fear is acting as an agent of repression in modern-day America, in Fear: The History of a Political Idea.

Music: Soundtrack to The General's Daughter, music by Carter Burwell: "Out of Her Misery" / "Exercise in Darkness"

Ultra Marathon Man

Dean Karnazes tells us about the physical and mental strength needed to run ultra marathons of 50 or 100 miles at a time. In Ultra Marathon: Confessions of an All-night Runner, he describes how, and why, he ran 226.2 miles without stopping, and ran over 100 miles in 130-degree weather in Death Valley.

Events:
Dean Karnazes will be speaking and signing books on:
Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)

Music: Cinema Century: A Musical Celebration of 100 Years of Cinema: "Chariots of Fire"

Shylock

Gareth Armstrong re-tells Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice from the perspective of Shylock’s best friend Tubal in his one-man show Shylock.

Music: Soundtrack to Restoration, music by James Newton Howard: "The Cabinet of Curiosities"

A Wilder Life

Gene Wilder considers the tragicomic nature of real life, and shares some of the lessons he’s learned in Kiss Me Like A Stranger.

» Visit our Guest Picks page to find out what moves Gene Wilder

Events:
Gene Wilder will be speaking with playwright Wendy Wasserstein on:
Tuesday, March 22nd at 8PM
The 92nd Street Y

Music: Jumpstart and Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: "Slow Drag"

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?