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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, April 26, 2004
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  • Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival
    Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival

    The Arabs and the Jews

    Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, leads us through the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict. An expanded edition of his classic book, Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003, is being re-issued to include the effects of the 2003 war in Iraq. Then Sean Jacobs, director of the Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival, and Johannesburg filmmaker Norman Maake talk about art and politics in the new South Africa. Katie Cadigan and John Cadigan on their new documentary, "People Say I'm Crazy." It’s about John’s struggle with schizophrenia. And we kick off our modern day explorers series called "The Next Frontier" with astrophysicist Edward Turner, who’s been looking for extra-solar planets.

Itamar Rabinovich

Scholar/diplomat Itamar Rabinovich looks at the long history of conflict between Jews an Arabs in Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003.

Music: Original soundtrack, "Meet Joe Black." Music by Thomas Newman. "Served its Purpose" "Frequent Thing"

Sean Jacobs and Norman Maake

Sean Jacobs, a fellow at NYU’s International Center for Advanced Studies, is director of the Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival, commemorating a decade of democracy in South Africa. Norman Maake is a South African filmmaker whose films, the feature "Soldiers of the Rock" and the short "Home Sweet Home," will be shown as part of the festival.

» Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival website

Music: "The Rough Guide to South African Jazz"
Pops Mohamed, "Election Day Serenade"
Abdullah Ibrahim, "African Marketplace"
Chris McGregor and the South African Exiles, "UDF"
Thelani AJB featuring West Nkosi, "Marabi Kwela"

John Cadigan and Katie Cadigan

John Cadigan and his sister, Katie Cadigan, made a documentary film about John’s struggle with schizophrenia. He’s an artist who has been filming himself ever since his first psychotic episode ten years ago.

» Visit the Cadigan’s website

Music: "The Roof" and "Derek" from the soundtrack to "Let Him Have It!," music by Michael Kamen

The Next Frontier: Dr. Edward Turner

space And we start off our modern day explorers series called "The Next Frontier" with Dr. Edward Turner, an astrophysicist and Princeton professor who is searching for planets that exist beyond our solar system.

» Visit "The Next Frontier" pages for bios, links and a slideshow

Sarah Palin

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

The Leonard Lopate Show

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?

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