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The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, December 10, 2004
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  • Cherry Jones in <em>Doubt</em>
    Cherry Jones in Doubt

    When in Doubt

    Playwright, screenwriter, and director John Patrick Shanley discusses some of his recent projects on Broadway. His current play, Doubt, explores what happens when a priest is suspected of molesting a student in a Catholic school in 1964. And actress Cherry Jones, who stars as a conflicted nun and teacher in Shanley’s Doubt, gives us her perspective on the play. Then, we hear from novelist Alan Hollinghurst, whose latest book The Line of Beauty, won the 2004 Booker Prize. Veteran producer Jerry Weintraub looks back at his work, from "Ocean’s 12," to "Nashville" and "Diner." Finally, in this week’s Please Explain feature we take an in-depth look at Hanukkah with Rabbi Joy Levitt and Professor Alan F. Segal.

John Patrick Shanley's Plays

Triple-threat dramatist John Patrick Shanley on his array of plays on Broadway, including the critically-acclaimed Doubt.

» More on Doubt

Music: Jump Start & Jazz, Wynton Marsalis: "Root Groove" / "The Spellcaster"

Cherry Jones on Doubt

Actress Cherry Jones on her role in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt.

Events: Alan Hollinghurst will be appearing on:
Friday, December 9th at 7pm
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
308 West 13th Street, Room 301

Music: Soundtrack to Frailty, music by Brian Tyler: "Thurman, 1979" / "Laying of Hands"

Alan Hollinghurst

Booker Prize-winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst discusses The Line of Beauty.

Music: Soundtrack to The Hours, music by Philip Glass: "The Kiss" / "Why Does Someone Have to Die"

Jerry Weintraub on "Ocean's 12"

Veteran producer Jerry Weintraub on his latest project, "Ocean's 12."

» Visit the film's website

Music: Soundtrack to Ocean’s Twelve, music by David Holmes: "$165 Million + Interest [Into] The Round Up" / "Faust 72 / Dynastie Crisis"

Please Explain: Hanukkah

For this week’s Please Explain feature, we’ve invited two scholars here to talk about the rich and complex history of Hanukkah, and its cultural impact on today's society. Rabbi Joy Levitt, the Associate Executive Director for Programs at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and the co-author of A Guide to Everything Jewish in New York, is joined by Alan F. Segal, professor of religion and Ingeborg Rennert Professor of Jewish Studies at Barnard College and Columbia University, to explain how Hanukkah came to be such an important holiday.

» More on the Please Explain series

Music: Soundtrack to Sonatine, music by Joe Hisaishi
A Hanukka Celebration: "To Celebrate a Miracle" by Samuel Adler

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.

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedkerwin/">tedkerwin</a>/flickr)

Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show

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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

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.

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?