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The Leonard Lopate Show / September 30, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, September 30, 2004
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    Freedom of Religion

    Our continuing series, Underreported looks at the ways in which international monitoring, foreign policy, and economic allegiances affect the intersection of religion and government policy in countries like Serbia, Turkmenistan, and Belarus. Preeta D. Bansal, the current Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, discusses religious freedom as an important US foreign policy interest, and Peter G. Danchin, Director of the Human Rights Program at Columbia University, explains the role international organizations play in protecting religious rights. Felix Corley of Forum 18—a Norwegian, Christian news service that monitors religious freedom concerns of all faiths—joins them by phone from London. Next up, Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk on his latest book, Snow. The book is set in a remote Turkish village against the backdrop of religious, political, and deeply personal tensions. Then, author David Suzuki focuses on one Douglas Fir tree in his unusual biography Tree: A Life Story. Finally, Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen spins a poignant, carnivalesque portrait of family life in his award-winning novel, The Half Brother.

Underreported: Religious Freedom

Preeta D. Bansal, the current Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Peter G. Danchin, Director of the Human Rights Program at Columbia University, and Felix Corley of Forum 18 News Service, discuss the impact international interests bring to bear on issues of religious freedom.

» More on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
» More on Forum 18
» More on Peter Danchin
» More on the Underreported series

Music: "Pole Tricks," Japancakes
"Knuddelmaus," Ulrich Schnauss

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk on his new, politically-weighted novel Snow.

» Read an excerpt of Snow in the Reading Room
» More on the book

Events:
Orhan Pamuk will be speaking as part of the New Yorker Festival:
Literature and Politics
Do world events have a place in fiction?
10 A.M. Florence Gould Hall
French Institute Alliance Française
55 East 59th Street
» More on the New Yorker Festival

Mr. Pamuk will be signing books on:
Saturday, October 2nd at 4pm
Barnes and Noble, Union Square

Music: Lalezar—Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio: "Segah pesrev" / "Isfahan pesrev"

David Suzuki

David Suzuki on the biography of one single Douglas fir tree: Tree: A Life Story.

» More on the book

Music: Soundtrack to Awakenings, music by Randy Newman: "Awakenings" / "Dr. Sayer"

Lars Saabye Christensen

Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen on his novel The Half Brother.

» Read an excerpt of The Half Brother in the Reading Room

Music: Soundtrack to The Elephant Man, music by John Morris: "Dr. Treves Visits the Freak Show and Elephant Man"

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.

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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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