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On today’s show, a neuroscientist explains how our brains understand and react to music. Then, Joan Allen joins director Jennifer Reeves for a preview of a new downtown film series: “Now that’s HIP!” Plus: the inimitable performance duo Kiki and Herb. And on this week’s Please Explain, we’ll explore the science and ethics of performance-enhancing drugs.
Your Brain on Music
Neuroscientist and former record producer Daniel J. Levitin explores the role music plays in shaping our moods and understanding of the world, in This is Your Brain on Music.
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A New Downtown Film Series
Joan Allen joins director Jennifer Reeves for a preview of a new downtown film series: “Now that’s HIP!”
Kiki and Herb on Broadway
The inimitable performance duo Kiki (Justin Bond) and Herb (Kenny Mellman) celebrate their Broadway debut.
Please Explain: Doping
Whether or not Floyd Landis used performance-enhancing drugs before he won the Tour de France is just the latest example of the controversy over performance-enhancing drugs. On today’s Please Explain, Gary Wadler, MD, who serves on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Prohibited List and Methods Committee, and Dr. John Hoberman, a cultural historian and professor at the University of Texas, explore the science and ethics of doping.
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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.
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, 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.
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