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Among the Heroes
Passengers of United Flight 93 have been called winners of the first battle in the new war against terrorism, when they fought back against terrorists on September 11th. The New York Times reporter who covered the story from the crash site outside of Shanksville, Pennsylavnia, now tells their story in his new book, Among the Heroes. And a teacher discusses becoming the student when her life is touched by someone she taught 25 years before.
Richard Stevenson
With the administration's open threats to overthrow Saddam Hussein, US action in Iraq seems imminent. Today, a conversation with New York Times reporter Richard Stevenson on how a war on Iraq would affect the American economy. Then, we open the phones for listeners' calls on the topic.
Jere Longman
New York Times reporter Jere Longman discusses his new book, Among the Heroes, an account of United Flight 93 and the passengers and crew who fought back against the terrorists on September 11th.
Elizabeth Stone
Sometimes the teacher becomes the student. That's what happened when Elizabeth Stone encountered the diaries of a student she had taught twenty-five years before. She discusses her new book, A Boy I Once Knew.
Eric Kraft
Eric Kraft discusses his newest installment multivolume chronicles of his character Peter Leroy, Inflating a Dog.
Learn more at the author's official site.
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Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System
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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.
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.
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Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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Listen to President-Elect 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.
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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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To find out more about Vice President-Elect Joe Biden’s 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.
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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?
