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Stephen Flynn served as director for Global Issues on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration, and served in the White House Military Office during the George H. W. Bush administration. He warns that America has failed to take adequate steps to protect itself against terrorist threats since 9/11 in his new book, America the Vulnerable. Then Gary Hart, former U.S. senator and longtime member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, argues that America needs a large scale, coherent foreign policy strategy to replace the containment policy of the Cold War era. His book, The Fourth Power, outlines Hart’s grand strategy—a foreign policy founded on the universal appeal of American ideals. Linda Greenlaw, one of the few women captains in the commercial fishing industry, is perhaps best known as one of the characters in Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm. Apart from being a seasoned fisherwoman, she’s also a best-selling author. She joins us today to discuss All Fishermen Are Liars, a compendium of true stories from commercial fisherman. And Lan Samantha Chang, author of Hunger, shares her new novel Inheritance.
Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynn on his book America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism.
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Music: Soundtracks II, by Marc Ribot: "Prowler" / "The Persistence of Memory"
Gary Hart
Former US Senator Gary Hart discusses his latest book: The Fourth Power: A Grand Strategy for the United States in the Twenty-First Century.
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Events: Gary Hart will be speaking and signing books on:
Wednesday, August 18th at 1pm
Borders Books, Wall Street location
100 Broadway
Music: “Tomorrow” by Amp / “Resolution” by Thievery Corporation
Linda Greenlaw
Linda Greenlaw chronicles outrageous but true stories from commercial fishermen in All Fishermen Are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar.
» Read an excerpt of All Fishermen Are Liars in the Reading Room
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Music: Soundtrack for Sea Power, music by Michael Whalen: "Passage to Paradise" / "Seasons of the Wind"
Lan Samantha Chang
Author Lan Samantha Chang on her new novel, Inheritance.
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Events: Lan Samantha Chang will be giving a talk, taking questions, and signing books Tuesday August 17 at 7pm at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT (768 Boston Post Road)
Music: Soundtrack to Raise the Red Lantern, music by Zhao Jiping: "Ghost"
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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.
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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