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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, October 11, 2004
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  • High Noon in the Cold War
    High Noon in the Cold War

    The Past Tense

    Max Frankel revisits one of the most notoriously tense moments of US history in his new book, High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Abelardo Morell experiments with the notions of outside and inside space in his new book of photographs, Camera Obscura. Media critics Anthony Lappé and Stephen Marshall of the online Guerrilla News Network criticize mainstream news, and offer some important lesser-known stories in True Lies. And Jonathan Sarna examines 350 years of Jewish history in the New World in his new book: American Judaism.

Max Frankel

Max Frankel revisits the tense moments of the Cuban missile crisis in High Noon in the Cold War.

» Read an excerpt of High Noon in the Cold War in the Reading Room
» More on the book

Events: Max Frankel will interviewed by David Halberstam on:
Wednesday, October 13th at 6:30 pm
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
For More Information, please call: 212/930-0855
Tickets cost $25

Music: Soundtrack to Cobb, music by Elliot Goldenthal: "Cooperstown Aria" / "Stump Meets Cobb"

Abelardo Morell

Abelardo Morell on turning living rooms into cameras. His new book of photography focuses on the technique of Camera Obscura.

» More on the book

Events:
Abelardo Morell will be giving a lecture and signing books Wednesday, October 13 at 6pm at the International Center of Photography (43rd and Avenue of the Americas)

Abelardo Morell has a show that’s opening on Friday, October 15 at the Bonnie Benrubi gallery (41 East 57th Street) – it runs through December 4th

Music: Lonesome, Alloy Orchestra: "Lonesome Waltz" / "Jim"

Anthony Lappé and Stephen Marshall

Media critics Anthony Lappé and Stephen Marshall on the True Lies of mainstream news.

» More on the book
» More on Guerilla News Network

Music: Soundtrack to Erin Brockovitch, music by Thomas Newman: "On the Plume" / "Classifieds"

Jonathan Sarna

Jonathan Sarna on 350 years American Judaism.

» More on the book

Music: Wandering Jew, Yale Strom & Klazzj: "70 West 77th"

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

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

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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

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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