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The Leonard Lopate Show / February 28, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, February 28, 2005
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  • Marge Champion
    Marge Champion

    Senses and Sensibility

    Historian Caroline Elkins investigates the violent struggles surrounding British colonialism in Kenya. She challenges the standard British version of the Mau Mau rebellion, and uncovers disturbing stories of British labor and prison camps in her new book, Imperial Reckoning. Next, Pulitzer Prize-winner Irwin Unger, and his wife and co-author Debi, examine the larger-than-life history of one of America's most prominent families: The Guggenheims. Then, stage, screen, and television star Marge Champion has been chosen as a 2004 inductee into the National Dance Hall of Fame. She looks back at her long career in musicals with a special night of memories and movie clips held at the Film Forum. And Martin Lindstrom looks to the future of marketing. He points out that 75 percent of our emotions are rooted in what we smell, and he argues that successful companies will need to find ways of appealing to all five senses of potential consumers.

Imperial Reckoning

Historian Caroline Elkins uncovers a disturbing history of British-run prison and work camps in Kenya after WWII: Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya.

The Guggenheims

Irwin and Debi Unger uncover the history of an American dynasty: The Guggenheims.

Events:
Irwin and Debi Unger will be appearing on:
Tuesday, March 1st at 7pm
Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway, at 66th St.

Music: Soundtrack to The Elephant Man, music by John Morris: "Mrs. Kendal's Theater and Poetry Reading"

Lovely to Look At

Stage, screen, and television star Marge Champion reflects on her long career as a dancer with a special night of memories and movie clips at the Film Forum.

» More on Marge Champion at the Film Forum

Music: Sow Boat, music by Jerome Kern: "Overture"

Sensory Awareness

Martin Lindstrom explores ways that companies can expand their future marketing strategies to target all five senses of consumers—instead of focusing only on sight and sound. His new book is titled Brand Sense: Build Powerful Brands through Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight, and Sound.

» Read an excerpt of Brand Sense in the Reading Room
» Visit Martin Lindstrom's website

Music: "Salpica" by Mambotur

Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton

The Leonard Lopate Show

Though a doctor by training (who created the hit television series “ER”), Michael Crichton’s name will always be more readily associated with the bestselling thrillers, “The Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park.” He died just recently at the age of 66. But you can still hear his interview from 1990 with Leonard about “Jurassic Park.”

Rahm Emanuel

Big Plans for America

The Leonard Lopate Show

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

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.

Joe Biden

Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show

The Leonard Lopate Show

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.

Guest Picks

The Leonard Lopate Show

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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