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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, July 17, 2008
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    Information about what's really going on at Guantanamo has been very hard to come by. An Afghani-American woman who volunteered as a translator for detainees describes her time there…and reveals what they told her. Don Felder of the Eagles breaks the band’s years of public silence. Jess Winfield on his debut novel about sex, drugs and Shakespeare. Plus, on Underreported: an update on Sudan.

A Guantanamo Diary

Behind-the-scenes information about Guantanamo is very hard to come by. Mahvish Rukhsana Khan, an American lawyer of Afghani descent, went to Guantanamo as a volunteer translator for detainees; she joins us to reveal what the detainees told her. Her new book is My Guantanamo Diary.

Listen to a Feb. 2008 Lopate Show interview on the legality of detainees at Guantanamo, Bagram, and beyond

Don Felder on Life in the Eagles

The album “Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975” is the bestselling album of all time in the United States. Now Don Felder of the Eagles has broken the band’s long public silence in a new memoir, Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001).

Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare

Jess Winfield, a founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, has written a debut novel about sex, drugs, and Shakespeare. It’s called My Name is Will.

Events: Jess Winfield will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, July 17 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble Upper West Side
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)

Jess Winfield, in conjunction with Brooklyn's Freebird Books will attempt to set the “World’s Record for Most Shakespeare Plays Performed Solo in Brooklyn in a Single Day”
Saturday, July 19 at 2 pm
Meet at Manhattan’s Pier 11 for the free Ikea water taxi to Brooklyn or at Rocky Sullivan’s bar at 34 Van Dyke Street (and Dwight Street), Red Hook

Underreported: Sudan Update

Georgette Gagnon, Africa program director for Human Rights Watch, gives us an update on the latest from Khartoum. We’ll talk about the ongoing proxy war between Chad and Sudan, and the recent ICC request for a warrant of arrest for Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir on charges of ten counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

Listen to a 2006 Backstory segment on the life of Omar al-Bashir

Sarah Palin

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

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August 08, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is Sen. John McCain’s VP running mate. To find out more about Gov. Palin and Alaska politics, check out our States of the Union: Alaska segment from Aug. 8, 2008.

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.

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.

John McCain

John McCain in 2000

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Sen. John McCain spoke with Leonard in September 2000 about his memoir, Faith of My Fathers. He discussed his family's naval background, his time in POW camps, as well as his own presidential ambitions for the 2000 election.

States of the Union

States of the Union

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Why is New York a blue state, Wyoming a red, and Ohio a shade of purple? Looking ahead to Election Day 2008, Leonard talks to journalists, scholars, and activists from each of the 50 states to find out what motivates voters from Maine to California.

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?

  1. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention (08/25/2008)
  2. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
  3. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 4 (08/28/2008)
  4. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3 (08/27/2008)
  5. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 2 (08/26/2008)
  6. The Leonard Lopate Show: 1-2-3 (08/26/2008)
  7. The Leonard Lopate Show: Layered Look (08/27/2008)