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My Blueberry Nights
Wong Kar-wai talks about his first English-language film, "My Blueberry Nights." Musician Norah Jones stars in the film. Also: Richard Price on his bestselling new crime novel set in the Lower East Side. States of the Union is all about Arizona, John McCain’s home state. And on Underreported: are Spain's old wounds from its civil war reopening?
Wong Kar-wai and Norah Jones on "My Blueberry Nights"
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai has made his first-ever English-language film, "My Blueberry Nights"; musician Norah Jones has tried her hand at acting as co-star in the film. Wong describes "My Blueberry Nights" as "a story of a woman who takes the long route instead of the short one to meet up with the man she loves."
Event: The Museum of the Moving Image presents “An Evening With Wong Kar-wai” with an introduction by Ang Lee
Thursday, April 3 at 7 pm
The Times Center
242 West 41st Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
For tickets, call (718) 784-4520 or go here.
Murder on the Lower East Side
Richard Price, master of urban crime fiction, has written a new novel set in the changing landscape of the Lower East Side is Lush Life. It focuses on the events surrounding the seemingly-random murder of a bartender.
Events: Richard Price will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble
33 East 17 Street
Richard Price will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, April 15 at at 6:30 pm
The Tenement Museum
108 Orchard Street (between Delancey and Broome Streets)
Richard Price will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, April 22 at 7:00 pm
192 Books
192 10th Avenue (at 21st Street)
Seating is limited, please call (212) 255-4022 for reservations.
States of the Union: Arizona
We look at Arizona -- John McCain's homestate -- and find out how illegal immigration shapes the political debate in this border state. Also: why public spending has become a major state-wide issue. Robert Robb is an editorial columnist for The Arizona Republic.
States of the Union fact of the week: Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time, except in the Navajo Nation.
Underreported: The Great Lakes and the Economy
Cleaning up the Great Lakes will bring big economic benefits to an area that’s been hit hard by manufacturing job losses, according to John Austin, Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution and director of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative. He tells us more about the strong connection between healthy Great Lakes and a healthy economy.
Underreported: Spain’s Old Wounds
We look into whether Spain is becoming an increasingly divided country. Debates over Basque terrorism and the 3/11/04 Madrid train bombings may be helping to open old wounds from the Spanish Civil War and Franco. Giles Tremlett is the Madrid correspondent for the Guardian; his most recent book is Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past.
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Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics
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August 08, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is Sen. John McCain’s VP running mate. To find out more about Gov. Palin and Alaska politics, check out our States of the Union: Alaska segment from Aug. 8, 2008.
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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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Barack Obama, Circa 2004
The Leonard Lopate Show
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
The Leonard Lopate Show
Why is New York a blue state, Wyoming a red, and Ohio a shade of purple? Looking ahead to Election Day 2008, Leonard talks to journalists, scholars, and activists from each of the 50 states to find out what motivates voters from Maine to California.
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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?
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