Iraqi Votes and Jesse Ventura

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
On today’s show, live from Baghdad, New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid parses Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq. Then, we’ll talk with former Minnesota governor--and retired pro-wrestler--Jesse Ventura. And Marion Meade tells the story of the lives, work, and marriage of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney. Plus, our latest Underreported segments look at why a certain kind of coal in China has been linked to increased lung cancer rates, and why climate change makes trees grow faster.

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