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Joni MitchellEngaging and Experimental
Bob Hurwitz, president of Nonesuch Records, talks about putting together A Tribute to Joni Mitchell--an eclectic collection featuring artists ranging from Prince to Emmylou Harris. An on today's Please Explain, we’ll examine the history of playgrounds, and ask what role they play in child and community development.
A Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Bob Hurwitz, president of Nonesuch Records, talks about the wide-ranging musical influence of Joni Mitchell. And he tells us about a new tribute album, featuring recordings from an eclectic group of artists ranging from Prince to Emmylou Harris, and Bjork to James Taylor.
Please Explain: Playgrounds
Are contemporary playgrounds too safe? Are innovative new play spaces needed to help engage children, and challenge them to grow and explore? On today’s Please Explain, we examine the history of playgrounds, and the current issues facing their planning and construction. Susan G. Solomon, the author of American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space, and Roger A. Hart, a psychologist from the Children's Environments Research Group at the Graduate Center of CUNY, discuss how playgrounds affect community and child development. And they tell us about their work on the Imagination Playground, planned for the South Street Seaport. Call 212-433-9692 with your questions.
American Playgrounds is available for purchase at amazon.com
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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.
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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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