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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, August 12, 2004
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    No Shortage of Challenges

    This week's "Underreported" segment will examine the current political and economic struggles besetting the Dominican Republic. President-elect Leonel Fernandez is set to take office on August 16th. Among the challenges he will face are a troubled economy, fuel and energy shortages, and a national health care system on the verge of collapse. We’ll speak to Leonel Fernandez by phone from the Dominican Republic. We’ll also hear from Jeff Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology. Then Roya Hakakian shares her memoir, Journey From the Land of No, about her experiences growing up during the 1979 revolution in Iran. Jacob Slichter relates the lessons he learned from making it as a drummer for the rock band Semisonic in his new book, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star. Finally, Kent Jones from the Film Society of Lincoln Center discusses the current retrospective on the legendary American director Anthony Mann.

Underreported: Dominican Republic

This week’s edition of "Underreported" focuses on the Dominican Republic. We talk to President-elect Leonel Fernandez, Jeff Sachs, the director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology.

» More on "Underreported"

Music: "Suite Folklorica Dominicana" by Luis Dias
"El Molde (Bachata)" by Willie Lapache
From the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album Quisqueya en el Hudson: Dominican Music in New York City

Roya Hakakian

Roya Hakakian on her memoir, Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran.

» Read an excerpt of Journey from the Land of No in the Reading Room
» More on the book

Events: Roya Hakakian will be appearing on:
Tuesday, 8/17 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place, NYC

Music: Monadjat, by Marzieh: "Manadjat Ouverture" / "Tchar-Mezrab Dachti"

Jacob Slichter

Jacob Slichter offers advice to aspiring musicians: So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life.

» Read an excerpt of So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star in the Reading Room
» More on the book

Music: "Closing Time" and "Over My Head" by Semisonic

Events: Jacob Slichter will be speaking and signing books:
Tonight, 8/12 at 7:30pm
Community Bookstore
212 Court St. at Warren St.

Kent Jones

Winchester 73 Kent Jones on the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s retrospective: Dark Streets and Vast Horizons: The American Vision of Anthony Mann.

» More on the retrospective

Music: Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Songs 2, The City of Prague Philharmonic: "Blue-The River"

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle on the Leonard Lopate Show

The Leonard Lopate Show

Oprah’s Book Club has just chosen David Wroblewski’s novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle as its newest selection. Hear Wroblewki talk about his acclaimed novel on the Lopate Show in June 2008.

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

The Leonard Lopate Show

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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