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The Leonard Lopate Show / March 31, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, March 31, 2005
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  • Hangzhou military cadets in China (Xinhua/Gamma, Coalition to stop the use of Child Soldiers)
    Hangzhou military cadets in China (Xinhua/Gamma, Coalition to stop the use of Child Soldiers)

    Love and War

    Today on Underreported, more about child soldiers. In trouble spots all over the world, children are being abducted and forced to fight in wars. Then, Ross Gregory Douthat discusses his disillusionment with Harvard in Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class. Novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz tells us about The White Rose--an updated take on Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier set in New York City. And, Jeanne Guillemin lays out a new history of biological weapons.

Child Soldiers

Leonard talks to Bukeni Tete Waruzi from Enfants Soldats, Jo Becker Children's Rights Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch; and Hakima Abbas of Witness, an organization that trains human rights defenders to use video to document abuses.

» More about Witness
» More about the Coalition To Stop The Use of Child Soldiers
» More on Human Rights Watch
» More on the Underreported series

Music: Track #5, "Meta, Beta, Tarabeta" by Pangeia Instrumentos and Track #4, "Royksopp's Night Out" by Royksopp

Ruling Classes

Ross Gregory Douthat relates the personal disappointments he endured as an undergraduate at Harvard, and explains why he became disillusioned with his alma mater in Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class.

Events:
Ross Douthat will be reading & signing books on:
Thursday, March 31st at 6pm
Barnes & Noble College Store
Columbia University, Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway

Music: Track #5 from the album "Music from the Film Bach’s Fight for Freedom" on Sony Classical

The White Rose

Jean Hanff Korelitz tells us about her latest novel, The White Rose. A new spin on the Strauss opera Der Rosenkavalier, the book traces the complicated love interests of several characters as they negotiate life in contemporary New York City.

Music: Disc 3, track #9 from Richard Struass’s "Der Rosenkavalier," performed by the Wiener Staatsoper, on RCA Red Seal

Biological Weapons

Jeanne Guillemin investigates the past, present, and future threats of biological warfare in Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism.

» Read an excerpt of Biological Weapons in the Reading Room

Music: Track #6, "Resolution" by Thievery Corporation

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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