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The Leonard Lopate Show

Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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  • Outwitting History
    Outwitting History

    Language of the Land

    Alvin and Larry Ubell, the self-appointed "Gurus of How-To," discuss the nuts and bolts of home repair. Next, Courtney Angela Brkic describes recovering remains for a UN-contracted forensic team in Bosnia, and recovering her own family history along the way. Then, Aaron Lansky describes his successful quest to collect and preserve millions of volumes of Yiddish history and literature. His new book is titled Outwitting History. Finally, Rebecca Busselle takes an in-depth look at the formative years Paul Strand spent photographing the Southwest.

Alvin and Larry Ubell

Building inspectors Alvin and Larry Ubell take listeners' calls on the air. Call 212-267-WNYC (212-267-9692) with your home-repair questions.

» Visit the Ubell’s website

Courtney Angela Brkic

Courtney Angela Brkic on excavating remains for a UN-contracted forensic team in Bosnia: The Stone Fields: An Epitaph for the Living.

» Read an excerpt of The Stone Fields in the Reading Room
» More on the book

Events: Courtney Angela Brkic will be speaking on:
Thursday, October 14th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble at Astor Place

Music: Soundtrack to Meet Joe Black, music by Thomas Newman: "Someone Else" / "The Question"

Aaron Lansky

Aaron Lansky with the amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million Yiddish books: Outwitting History. More on the book

Events:Aaron Lansky will be speaking on:
Wednesday, October 13th at 7:00 pm
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan (Upper West Side)
334 Amsterdam Avenue (at 76th St.)

Music: Wandering Jew, Yale Strom & Klazzj: "Aura L’Aura" / "Just Yet"

Rebecca Busselle

Rebecca Busselle reconstructs the summers Paul Strand spent photographing the Southwest in her new book: Paul Strand Southwest.

Events: Book signing party (with Rebecca Busselle)
Wednesday, 13 October, 6-8 PM Aperture’s Burden Gallery
20 East 23rd Street
RSVP: 212.505.5555 ext. 330

Music: Soundtrack to He Got Game, the music of Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"

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

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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