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The New Iraq: Grim, Hopeful and Still Scary
Grim, Hopeful, and Still Scary
New York Times reporter John F. Burns describes his recent experiences in wartime Iraq. Then essayist, poet and cultural critic Phillip Lopate talks about his recent book, Getting Personal, and revisits some scenes from his past. (Yes, Phillip is Leonard’s brother.) Richard Heffner uses conversations with the likes of William F. Buckley, Jr., Mario Cuomo, and Gloria Steinem as a means to understand American history. And William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin discuss “Cooler,” their new movie.
John F. Burns
John F. Burns’s November 16th article in the New York
Times was called “The New Iraq is Grim, Hopeful, and
Still Scary.” He’s been reporting from Iraq throughout the
war, and was accused by officials in Saddam Hussein’s
information ministry of being “the most dangerous man in
Iraq” because of his articles about the regime’s brutality.
Phillip Lopate
Phillip Lopate is a master of the art of the personal
essay. His recent book is Getting Personal.
Richard Heffner
A Conversational History of Modern America is a
collection of discussions author Richard Heffner has had
with some American notables during the course of 47 years
of his television show, “The Open Mind.”
Alec Baldwin and William H. Macy
Alec Baldwin and William H. Macy star in the new film “The Cooler.” It’s a story of love and luck (or lack thereof) in Las Vegas.
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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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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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