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On today’s show, guest host Jonathan Capehart talks to actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith about her life in the arts. Then, Wendy Kann describes trying to come to terms with her childhood in colonial Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). And comedy legend Tommy Chong meditates on drugs, civil liberties, and his time in federal prison. Plus: we'll ask how Google Maps and MapQuest work on Please Explain.
Advice for Young Actors and Playwrights
Anna Deavere Smith shares some words of wisdom for aspiring actors and playwrights in Letters to a Young Artist.
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Growing Up in Rhodesia
In Casting with a Fragile Thread, Wendy Kann describes struggling to make peace with her childhood home of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) after her youngest sister, Lauren, was killed in Zambia.
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Tommy Chong’s Meditations from the Joint
In 2003, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raided Tommy Chong’s home in California. In The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint, the comedy legend shares his thoughts on drugs, civil liberties, and his time in federal prison.
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Events: Tommy Chong will be signing books
Monday, August 14 at 7 pm
Chelsea Barnes & Noble
675 Sixth Avenue at 22nd Street
Please Explain: Navigation Technology
Ever wonder how GPS, Mapquest, and Google Maps work? On today's Please Explain, Richard Langley, a Professor of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick, and Joe Francica, Vice Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the online locations technology publication Directions Magazine, explore the science and tecnology of navigation.
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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Video Pick: Elizabeth Edwards
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Elizabeth Edwards discusses how to best cope with lifes difficulties in her book Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities.
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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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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?
