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The price of oil is way up - but so is the price of natural gas, which is another major source of energy in the U.S. On Please Explain, find out what natural gas is, how the price is set, and why it’s used for everything from heating homes to manufacturing plastics. Also: Tony Award-winning hoofer Savion Glover. We get a preview of "Baghead" – it’s both a comedy about filmmaking and a spoof of the horror flick genre. A look at 30 years of in-studio photos from Columbia Records. And Philippe Petit describes walking on a high wire between the two World Trade Center towers in 1974.
We're hosting another FREE Lopate Show film screening on Monday, August 4! We'll be watching the 1972 film "The Candidate." Seats are limited, so RSVP soon. Find out more.
Savion Glover on the Sound of Tap Dance
Tony Award-winning hoofer Savion Glover’s new show, “The Evidence,” is an exploration of the sound heard from the music of tap dance. He’s performing at the BB King Blues Club (237 West 42 St) on Thursday, July 31 at 8 pm. For more info and tickets, go here.
Baghead
The new film, "Baghead," is about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head. It’s both a comedy about filmmaking and a spoof of the horror flick genre. Mark Duplass is director; Greta Gerwig and Ross Partridge are two of the film’s stars. "Baghead" opens today, Fri. 7/25, at the Landmark Sunshine and the AMC Empire.
Photos from the Columbia Records 30th Street Studio
Don Hunstein was Columbia Records’ in-house photographer for 30 years, and he snapped photos of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Muhammad Ali, and Charles Mingus, to name a few. The Morrison Hotel Gallery's Soho loft (116 Prince Street, NYC) is now hosting a new exhibit of his photos, "In Session at the Columbia Records 30th Street Studio." Grammy-winning producer, writer and record executive Michael Cuscuna has also met and worked with many of the artists featured in the Morrison exhibit.
Slideshow of Images from "In Session at the Columbia Records 30th Street Studio"
The Greatest High Wire Walk in History
In 1974, French high wire artist Philippe Petit snuck to the top of the World Trade Center and crossed a wire between the two World Trade Center towers. It’s been called the greatest high wire walk in history. He’s the subject of a new documentary, "Man on Wire," by James Marsh. It opens today, Friday 7/25, at the Landmark Sunshine and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.
Please Explain: Natural Gas
The price of oil is way up...but so is the price of natural gas, which is another major source of energy in the U.S. Please Explain is all about natural gas – where it comes from, how the price is set, and why it’s used for everything from heating homes to manufacturing plastics. Marco J. Castaldi is Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Engineering at Columbia University.
Check Out WNYC's Investigation of Natural Gas Drilling in New York State
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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.
Big Plans for America
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Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel from Illinois has agreed to be Chief of Staff under President-Elect Barack Obama. You can hear him on the Lopate Show in 2006 discussing his thoughts on what the Democratic party needed to do in order to succeed.
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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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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