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The Leonard Lopate Show / January 13, 2006

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, January 13, 2006
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  • Posing a Threat?

    On today’s show, we'll ask about the likelihood of a nuclear showdown with North Korea. Then, a mystery writer describes the real-life murder of her childhood neighbor. And one of the most celebrated drummers in jazz—Jack de Johnette—stops by. Plus, a lesson on anesthesia in this week’s edition of Please Explain.

North Korea versus the World?

Does Kim Jong Il have the power to change the world with the touch of a button? In Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World, Gordon Chang examines how much of a threat North Korea’s nuclear weapons really pose.

» Read an excerpt of Nuclear Showdown in the Reading Room

Girls of Tender Age

In her new memoir, mystery writer Mary-Ann Tirone Smith describes the real-life murder of her 11-year-old classmate in 1953. Both girls were living in a post-World War II housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, when a serial killer struck the neighborhood. In Girls of Tender Age, Ms. Smith describes the impact this violence had on her.

» Read an excerpt of Girls of Tender Age in the Reading Room

Events: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, January 18th at 7pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side (Broadway & 82nd St)

In the Key of Om

Also on the show: the celebrated jazz drummer Jack de Johnette. He’s up for a Grammy this February in the New Age category for Music in the Key of Om.

Please Explain: Anesthesia

On today’s edition of Please Explain, we’ll find out how anesthesia works. We’ll learn about its earliest uses, and get an update on new advancements. We'll hear from Doris K. Cope, M.D., a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Director of the UPMC Pain Medicine Program. She's joined by Dr. William S. Schechter, a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in the City of New York.

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?