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The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, August 11, 2003
  • The New Face of Baseball

    Sports and Politics

    Join special guest host Jeffrey Toobin. Journalist Katherine Boo has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship for her work covering America’s disadvantaged citizens. She looks into welfare under the Bush administration. Then, John Barrett shares an inside account of FDR, That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Plus, Carlo Rotella on the art and skill in the world of boxing, Cut Time: An Education at the Fights. And Tim Wendel examines the history of Latinos in baseball, The New Face of Baseball.

Katherine Boo

Journalist Katherine Boo has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship for her work covering America’s disadvantaged citizens. She looks into welfare under the Bush administration.

Music: Erin Brockovich Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman

John Barrett

John Barrett with an inside account of FDR, That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal

Carlo Rotella

Carlo Rotella on the art and skill in the world of boxing, Cut Time: An Education at the Fights.

Music: Marcus Miller "Power" and "Cousin John"

Tim Wendel

Tim Wendel examines the history of Latinos in baseball, The New Face of Baseball.

Music: Field of Dreams Soundtrack composer James Horner

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