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Some of the glacial erratics of Ravenswood Granodiorite excavated during the sewer construction on Vabderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene (Sidney Horenstein)
On the Rocks
Glaciers, water, and geological activity shaped New York City’s landscape long before the buildings and pavement did. Find out what lies beneath the five boroughs, from boulders in Fort Greene to striations in Central Park. Also, Miles Davis’s son Gregory Davis details the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality of his jazz superstar father. A food writer explains how he discovered his love for food. Plus: the anti-Hitler movement within WWII Germany was more significant than most people realize. We’ll find out why the myth of the German monolith isn’t true.
New York on the Rocks
Before New York City was New York City, the landscape was carved out by glaciers, water, and geological activity. Sidney Horenstein, Geologist & Environmental Educator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, explains what lies beneath the pavement and parks of the five boroughs.
Miles Davis: Jekyll and Hyde
Miles Davis was a jazz superstar, one of the greatest musical innovators ever, beloved by many. He was also reclusive, misogynistic, and mistrustful of others. Miles’s son Gregory Davis details the complicated personality of his famous father in his new book Dark Magus: The Jekyll and Hyde Life of Miles Davis.
Wrestling with Gravy
Jonathan Reynolds tells Leonard how he found his vocation as a food writer. In his new book Wrestling with Gravy, he writes about the food in his life - from the “gruesome oatmeal” he was served after a night in jail, to the truffles he made to seduce his first wife.
Alliance of Enemies: German-American Collaboration in WWII
During WWII, the anti-Hitler movement from within Germany was more significant than most people realize. Augustus Von Hassell (grandson of a bomb plotter) and Sigrid MacRae take apart the myth of a German monolith in their new book Alliance of Enemies: The Untold Story of the Secret American and German Collaboration to End World War II.
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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.
Big Plans for America
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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.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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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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Sen. Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to be his running mate. To find out more about his personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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