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The Leonard Lopate Show / December 25, 2007

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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    Christmas Gospel

    Leonard celebrates Christmas with his annual gospel music special. Also: find out why many exterminators are turning towards non-chemical methods of pest control. A demographer explains a recent rise in reported same-sex couples in conservative regions throughout the US. And Joy Behar of "The View"!

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Leonard’s Christmas Gospel Music Special

Leonard celebrates Christmas with his annual holiday gospel music special. Here’s the playlist:

Christ is Born (Marion Williams and Alex Bradford/Black Nativity)
Have You Got Room? (Edna Gallmon Cooke/Springfield Bap Ch, Wash., DC)
No Room at the Hotel (Jessie Mae Renfro – Gospel Sound of Spirit Feel)
No Room at the Inn (Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas)
Go Tell It On the Mountain (Mahalia Jackson - Apollo Sessions)
Silent Night, Holy Night (Gospel Christmas w. Mahalia Jackson)
No Room at the Hotel (Chosen Gospel Singers with Lou Rawls)
Great Day in December (Claude Jeter and the Swan Silvertones)
No Room at the Inn (Marion Williams -- O Holy Night)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Marion Williams - Through Many Dangers)
Poor Little Jesus Boy (Mattie Williams -- Black Nativity)
The Holy Babe (Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas)
Mary, Mary, What You Gonna Name that Pretty Little Baby? (Frances Steadman and Marion Williams -- Black Nativity)
What You Gonna Name Your Baby? (Christmas with Shirley Caesar)
When Was Jesus Born? (Marion Williams – O Holy Night)
White Christmas (Complete Sis. Rosetta Tharpe)

Greener Pest Control

Pesticides are known to harm wildlife, cause reproductive abnormalities, and are even associated with multiple forms of cancer in humans. More and more exterminators are trying out non-chemical substances like sugar to control common household pests. Jonathan Kaplan works with the Natural Resources Defense Council; Luis Agurto Sr. is an exterminator and owner of San Francisco-based pest control company Pestec.

More about Green Shield certification for pest control experts
Pestec’s website
NRDC’s website

There Are More Same-Sex Couples Throughout the U.S.

Recent US Census data shows a massive increase in same-sex couples in the US; the number has nearly quadrupled since 1990. Demographer Dr. Gary Gates Senior Research Fellow at the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law.

The Williams Institute’s website
More about Dr. Gates

How to Cheer Yourself Up

Joy Behar of "The View" shares her advice on how to cheer yourself when you’re feeling blue. Her new book is When You Need a Lift: But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin.

al franken

The Franken Factor

Al Franken will be declared the winner of the Minnesota Senate race recount, even though Norm Coleman is expected to challenge the results in court. Al Franken has been a guest on the Lopate Show several times, most recently in 2005. Hear him talk about his journey from performing to politics.

Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy on the Lopate Show

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Caroline Kennedy’s bid for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat could make her the latest member of the Kennedy family to take on a major role in national politics. She’s been a guest on the Lopate Show twice – once to talk about Americans’ right to privacy, and more recently to discuss examples of political courage.

Leonard is on Facebook

Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.

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?