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The Leonard Lopate Show / July 22, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, July 22, 2005
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    A Galvanizing Effect

    William Finnegan goes behind the scenes of the NYPD’s Counter-terrorism unit in a new report for The New Yorker. Next, we’ll talk to photographer Lee Friedlander and his son, jazz cellist Erik Friedlander, about artistic expression and communicating through different media. Then, we'll talk to Dr. Martin A. Uman, one of the world's leading experts on lightning, and John Jensenius, a Meteorologist with National Weather Service, in our regular Please Explain feature.

The Terrorism Beat

In the July 25th issue of The New Yorker, William Finnegan profiles the NYPD's Counter-terrorist Unit. He explains that before September 11th, “there were fewer than two dozen officers working the terrorism beat full time. Today, there are about a thousand.” In restructuring and reorganized this force, the NYPD has not only increased police presence in New York, but stationed officers throughout the world.

Music: “The usual Suspects” soundtrack, “New York’s Finest” and “The Greatest Trick”

All in the Family

Photographer Lee Friedlander’s work is the subject of a retrospective at MoMA. Meanwhile, his son Erik Friedlander is enjoying a successful career as a jazz cellist. They’ll tell us what it’s like having two high profile artists in the same family, and they’ll share their thoughts on using different forms of media to communicate their artistic ideas.

Music: Erik Friedlander’s “Flight’s of Starlings,” “Here Comes the madwoman” and “ O Stern Mathematics” from album “Maldoror”

Great Balls of Fire

You may have heard of sheet lightning, heat lightning, or even ball lightning. But what about Red Sprites, Blue Jets and Elves? There’s a lot more to lightning than most of us realize. In this week’s Please Explain feature, we’ll talk to Dr. Martin A. Uman, one of the world's foremost experts on lightning, and John Jensenius, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service who initiated Lightning Awareness Week.

» Lightning awareness and lightning safety at the National Weather Service
» Photos of lightning
» The University of Florida's Lightning Lab

» Please Explain series

Music: Sonatine soundtrack tracks 6 and 1

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?