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Dramatic Proposals
Dr. Jerome Groopman discusses the FDA's dramatic new proposal to make experimental drugs more readily available to seriously ill patients. Then, we talk to the writer and star of Broadway’s version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. And we talk to bounty hunter turned opera star Carl Tanner. Plus, the art of mingling, on Please Explain.
Should Dying Patients Have Access to Experimental Drugs?
Dr. Jerome Groopman tells us about the FDA's dramatic new proposal to make experimental drugs available to seriously ill patients—the subject of his article “The Right to a Trial” in the New Yorker.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Broadway
Tim Mason, who wrote the book and lyrics for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, joins Rusty Ross, who plays Max, to talk about bringing the Dr. Seuss classic to Broadway.
From Bounty Hunter to Opera Star
Before Carl Tanner became a star of the opera world, he worked as a bounty hunter and truck driver. He talks about his dramatic career change, his lifelong love of music, and his new holiday album: Hear the Angel Voices.
Hear the Angel Voices is available for purchase at amazon.com
Please Explain: Mingling
On today’s Please Explain, Jeanne Martinet, author of The Art of Mingling, answers your questions on how to feel at home at any party—whether social or professional. Call 212-433-9692.
The Art of Mingling is available for purchase at amazon.com
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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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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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