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Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall
Great Ape
Jane Goodall has devoted her life to the well-being of chimps and baboons. Now she's worried about another kind of primate: humans. Plus: the life and work of Henry Adams, who helped revolutionize the study of American history. Also, how to capture the beauty of the wilderness on film, and a visit from Australian novelist Tim Winton.
Remember Henry Adams
Henry Adams helped revolutionize the study of American history, but hardly anyone has read his writing. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills thinks we should. Wills's new book is Henry Adams and the Making of America.
This interview is a rebroadcast. Original air date on the Leonard Lopate Show: 9/20/05
Adirondacks
Nathan Farb grew up in Lake Placid, NY, and expresses his love for the Adirondacks by photographing the region. His photos are collected in a book called Adirondack Wilderness.
This interview is a rebroadcast. Original air date on the Leonard Lopate Show: 9/20/05
» View a slideshow of selected pictures from Adirondack Wilderness
Music:
He Got Game Soundtrack The Music of Aaron Copland
#7 “Interlude” from Music for the Theatre
#11 “Grover’s Corner” from Our Town
The Turning
Tim Winton is a well-known Australian author, twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His new linked story collection, set in small-town Western Australia, is called The Turning.
Watch What We Eat
Jane Goodall believes that we humans need to be more mindful of the food we eat, where it comes from, and how it reaches our tables. Her new book is Harvest for Hope.
» Jane Goodall's thoughts on food consumption
» Jane Goodall Institute's website
Listen to This: Mark Morris
Choreographer Mark Morris introduces music from the Batak of Northern Sumatra. The song is called "Horud Baling" and it's from a CD called Batak, from New Albion Records.
The Batak are a family of seven Indonesian ethnic groups with a population of about two million. Music and dance are extremely important in Batak society; musicians command great respect in Batak society and must follow a certain code of behavior.
» More about the album
» Mark Morris and the Mark Morris Dance Group
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Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel from Illinois has agreed to be Chief of Staff under President-Elect Barack Obama. You can hear him on the Lopate Show in 2006 discussing his thoughts on what the Democratic party needed to do in order to succeed.
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As the Democratic Convention is underway in Denver, listen to 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.
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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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