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The Leonard Lopate Show / April 08, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, April 08, 2005
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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    True to Form

    The Grammy-winning South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs live in our studio. Then, Grover Crisp tells us about restoring Sam Peckinpah’s first large-scale Western, “Major Dundee.” Stephen Chow mixes comedy and martial arts in his latest film, “Kung Fu Hustle.” And on our regular Please Explain feature, we get ready for April 15th with a crash course on taxes.

No Boundaries

The Grammy-winning South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo joins us with a live performance, and an update on their latest work.

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Events:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform:
04/08/2005, Fri New Brunswick, NJ State Theatre New Brunswick
04/09/2005, Sat Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre
04/10/2005, Sun New York, NY Town Hall


Music: No Boundaries, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Strings of the English Chamber Orchestra: "Amazing Grace" / "Ave Verum Corpus" / "Jabulani-Rejoice" / "Umzuzu Nayi Ujesu"

The First Cut is the Deepest

Gover Crisp, Sony’s head of restoration, and Christopher Caliendo, who wrote the new score for the restoration of “Major Dundee,” tell us about restoring Sam Peckinpah’s post-Civil War Western. Peckinpah's original cut was chopped up and rearranged by producers—causing Peckinpah to disassociate himself from the film. The new extended version reinstates all but six minutes of Peckinpah’s cut, and integrates a new soundtrack to replace one that Peckinpah strongly disliked.

» More on "Major Dundee" at Film Forum

Kung Fu Hustle

Stephen Chow tells us about his new film, “Kung Fu Hustle.” The film follows the life of a struggling thief as he tries to align himself with a notorious street gang in pre-revolutionary China.

» More on "Kung Fu Hustle"

Music: Soundtrack to Kung Fu Hustle: "Night Club Band"

A Taxing Subject

Donna LeValley, a tax lawyer and editor of J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Guide 2005, helps us get ready for tax day. We’ll learn about the history of income tax, figure out which forms to use, and get some advice on when it’s time to turn to a professional for help.

» More on the Please Explain series

Music: Soundtrack to Sonatine, music by Joe Hisaishi

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?