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The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, March 15, 2005
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  • Asra Nomani
    Asra Nomani

    Revolutionary Thinking

    In many mosques, women aren't allowed to enter through the front door and pray in the main sanctuary. When Asra Nomani did just that at her hometown mosque in West Virginia, she received death threats. Now she's fighting to establish an Islamic Bill of Rights for Women. Next, Richard Foreman. For 37 years, he’s intrigued and bewildered audiences with his avant-garde theatre pieces. Now, at the pinnacle of his career, he tells us about his latest, and perhaps last, theater installment: The Gods are Pounding my Head! (aka Lumberjack Messiah). Then, Frank Delaney considers the importance of storytelling in his new novel, Ireland. And, journalist Roy Rowan gives a firsthand account of the 1949 Chinese Revolution: Chasing the Dragon.

Standing Alone

Asra Nomani discusses her struggles to enforce women’s rights in contemporary American Islam: Standing Alone in Mecca.

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Events:
Asra Nomani will announce the Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque, and Dr. Amina Wadud will lead Jumah/Muslim Friday Prayer on: Friday, March 18th, at 1pm
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
137 Greene Street
This event is by RSVP only.
» Click here for more information

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

Cutting Edge Theater

Richard Foreman discusses what may be his final piece of avant-garde theater: The Gods are Pounding my Head! (aka Lumberjack Messiah).

» More on "Edison: The Invention of the Movies"

Music: Soundtrack to Night On Earth, music by Tom Waits: "Baby I’m Not a Baby Anymore (Beatrice Theme)"

A Storied Past

Frank Delaney considers the relationship between history, fiction, and storytelling in his first novel, Ireland.

» Read an excerpt of Ireland in the Reading Room

Events: Frank Delaney will speaking on:
Tuesday, March 15th at 1pm
Bryant Library
2 Paper Mill Road
Roslyn, NY

Wednesday, March 16th at 7:30pm
Rockville Center Public Library
221 North Village Avenue
Rockville Center, NY

Music: The Hour Before Dawn, Solas: What’s Up with Win / Sonny Brogan’s / Cahal's Jig

China's Civil War

Roy Rowan has had a long and distinguished career as a journalist, but he earned his stripes covering Mao’s revolution in China for Life magazine. For two years, from 1947 through 1949 and the fall of Shanghai, he reported from the frontlines of China’s Civil War. He joins us today with a first-hand account of the war: Chasing the Dragon.

Music: Soundtrack to Raise the Red Lantern, music by Zhao Jiping: "Opening Credits—Prologue—Zhouyun—Lanterns"

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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