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The Leonard Lopate Show / June 14, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
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  • Endangered Environments

    Ted Smith, the founder and senior strategist of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, looks at some of the most harmful things we throw away. Then, Tim Gallagher tells us about his recent sighting of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which had long been considered extinct. Next, Paris Review editor Elizabeth Gaffney describes her first novel: Metropolis. Finally, actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Harrison tell us about their current production of Hecuba at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Toxic Trash

The fast pace of technological changes means that devices like computers and iPods eventually make their way into landfills. Ted Smith, the founder and senior strategist of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, explains what happens to electronics and other household items after we throw them out, and why they may be a serious threat to the environment.

» More on the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
» Photos of exports of toxic waste to Asia
» More on toxic waste in prisons (PDF)

Music: “A Civil Action” soundtrack, composed by Danny Elfman. Tracks “Harvard Circle” and “And This…”

The Grail Bird

Tim Gallagher tells us about his quest to prove that the ivory-billed woodpecker is not extinct in his new book, The Grail Bird.

» Read an excerpt in the Reading Room

Events:
Tim Gallagher talk
Tuesdy, June 14 at 6:30PM
Explorers Club
46 East 70th Street, between Park and Madison

Music: “He Got Game” soundtrack, composed by Aaron Copland. Tracks “Interlude from Music fro Theatre” and “Letter from Home”

Metropolis

Elizabeth Gaffney revisits post-Civil War Manhattan in her debut novel, Metropolis. Her focus on the historic underworld of the city is drawing comparisons to E.L. Doctorow and Caleb Carr.

» Read an excerpt in the Reading Room

Events:
Elizabeth Gaffney will be speaking on:
Monday, June 20th at 7pm
Housing Works
126 Crosby Street

Music: “Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert” music performed by William Albright and William Bolcom. Track 7, “Slippery Elm Rag” written by H Clarence Woods.

Hecuba

Tony winner Vanessa Redgrave returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company after more than four decades for a production of Euripides’s Hecuba, directed by Tony Harrison. Set after the end of the Trojan War, the play follows Hecuba—the former Queen of Troy—as she struggles to gain revenge as a prisoner of war.

» More on Hecuba at BAM

Music: “Titus” soundtrack, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal. Track “Revenge Wheel”

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.

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedkerwin/">tedkerwin</a>/flickr)

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?