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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, June 30, 2008
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    Here's To Your Health

    Is our global food system too big and overworked? Find out how the industrial food economy may be leading to serious health problems, from obesity to starvation, for people all over the world. Also, hear about something else that may be causing health problems: prescription meds! Plus: a report card for the No Child Left Behind Act. And a look at the paintings of English romantic J. M. W. Turner.

    Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1, for the latest in our Political Projections film series! We'll talk about how Hollywood has depicted the President in the role of Commander in Chief.

The End of Food

Is our global food system too big and overworked? Journalist Paul Roberts’s research leads him to believe that our hyper-efficient, industrial food economy is leading to serious problems for people all over the world. new book is The End of Food.

Weigh in: Which aspect of our global food system is most troubling to you?

A Report Card for No Child Left Behind

Find out how the No Child Left Behind Act has affected a troubled high school in Baltimore. Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond’s new HBO documentary is "Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card."

The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting the first U.S. retrospective of English romantic painter J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) in more than forty years. It’s on display from July 1 –September 21. Kathryn Galitz is curator.

Slideshow of J. M. W. Turner's Paintings

Give Us This Day, Our Daily Meds

Prescription medications may actually be causing health problems for many Americans. Former New York Times reporter Melody Petersen is the author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs.

Weigh in: Has a prescription drug ever unexpectedly made you seriously ill?

Sarah Palin

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.

Joe Biden

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.

Barack Obama

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.

John McCain

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.

States of the Union

States of the Union

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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.

Guest Picks

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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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  2. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 4 (08/28/2008)
  3. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3 (08/27/2008)
  4. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 2 (08/26/2008)
  5. The Brian Lehrer Show: Business Connections (08/22/2008)
  6. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
  7. The Leonard Lopate Show: 1-2-3 (08/26/2008)