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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 13, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, July 13, 2005
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    Confronting the Past

    Alvin and Larry Ubell, the self-appointed “Gurus of How-To,” explore the intricacies of home repair. Then, Sir Antony Sher tells us about the challenges of bringing Primo Levi’s holocaust memoirs to life in a new one-man stage adaptation. We’ll hear about Martha Cooley’s new novel, Thirty-Three Swoons. And journalist Dennis King sheds some light on Fred Newman and Lenore Fulani’s controversial Independence Party.

The Gurus of How-To

Building inspectors Alvin and Larry Ubell answer listener questions about home repair. Call 212-433-WNYC (212-433-9692).

» Visit the Ubell’s website

Primo

British actor Antony Sher says it's impossible to put Auschwitz on a stage or on screen. But that hasn’t stopped him from adapting the Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi’s 1947 memoir, If This Is a Man, into a one-man play: Primo.

Music: Soundtrack to Meet Joe Black, music by Thomas Newman: “A Frequent Thing” / “Everywhere Freesia”

Thirty-Three Swoons

Martha Cooley, author of the bestseller The Archivist, tells us about her new novel, Thirty-Three Swoons. In the book, a mysterious man in a mask and tuxedo haunts the main character’s dreams—spurring her to look for explanations for these visions in her murky past.

Music: Soundtrack to Molly’s Pilgrim, music by Brooke Halpin: “Molly’s Pilgrim” / “Cartwheels”

Controversial Politics

Journalist Dennis King criticizes Mayor Bloomberg’s acceptance of the Independence Party’s endorsement. Mr. King desribes the party as a political cult, headed by Lenora Fulani and founded by her guru, Fred Newman. The group recently stirred up controversy when Ms. Fulani maintained that the comment she made ten years ago about Jews being “mass murderers of people of color,” was not anti-Semitic.

Music: Soundtrack to The Fog of War, music by Philip Glass: “Revolution in the Pentagon” / “100,000 People”

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?