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Please Explain: Science of Love
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Please Explain is all about the science of love.
Rutgers anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher is author of Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray and Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love. University of Illinois at Chicago biologist Dr. C. Sue Carter is co-director of UIC's Brain Body Center.
Weigh in: Do you believe that love at first sight is an actual physical occurrence? Have you experienced it?
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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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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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John McCain in 2000
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Sen. John McCain spoke with Leonard in September 2000 about his memoir, Faith of My Fathers. He discussed his family's naval background, his time in POW camps, as well as his own presidential ambitions for the 2000 election.
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States of the Union
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