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The Leonard Lopate Show / February 18, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, February 18, 2003
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    Life Is Sweet

    Celebrated historian Martin Gilbert shares the stories of the men and women who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust. Plus, Lillian Federman is most known for her groundbreaking work in the field of gay-studies. She discusses her memoir and what it was like to grow up with a single mother, a holocaust survivor, Naked In The Promised Land: A Memoir. And Dorrie Greenspan shares some of the city’s best spots for Parisian treats, Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops.

Martin Gilbert

Celebrated historian Martin Gilbert shares the stories of the men and women who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust. Music:Soundtrack to the film "Windtalkers" - songs "A New Assignment" and "An Act of Heroism"

Alexander Alland

Alexander Alland, author of Race in Mind: Race, IQ and Other Racisms
Music:Wynton Marsalis, "All Rise" - songs: "Look Beyond" and "Cried, Shouted, Then Sung"

Lillian Federman

Lillian Federman is most known for her groundbreaking work in the field of gay-studies. She discusses her memoir and what it was like to grow up with a single mother, a holocaust survivor, Naked In The Promised Land: A Memoir.
Music: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, "Outbound" - songs "Something She Said" and "Hall of Mirrors"

Dorrie Greenspan

Dorrie Greenspan shares some of the city’s best spots for Parisian treats, Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops.

Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System

The Leonard Lopate Show

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.

Rahm Emanuel

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

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.

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.

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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