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The Leonard Lopate Show / November 10, 2003

The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, November 10, 2003
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  • Tom Daschle

    Like No Other Time

    South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle recalls the eventful 107th U.S. Congress. A few of the things they had to deal with: September 11th, the anthrax attacks, Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords's switch from Republican to independent, and passing the first resolution supporting the planned war in Iraq. Then Neal Bascomb talks about the making of the New York City skyline. And Chris Stokes on being on Olympian; he’s president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation. Plus, Donovan Webster explains the importance of the China-Burma-India theater in World War II.

Tom Daschle

Senator Tom Daschle gives us an insider’s view into the political establishment in his new book, Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years that Changed America Forever.

  • Music: A Civil Action Soundtrack composer Danny Elfman

    • Neal Bascomb

    In Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City, Neal Bascomb talks about two architects, William Van Alen and Craig Severance, and the 1920s race to build the world's tallest building.

  • Music: Dana Suesse from Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era vol. II “Berceuse” “Swampbird”

    • Chris Stokes

    Chris Stokes talks about the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team, crashing at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, and finding subsequent worldwide success. His new book is Cool Runnings and Beyond.

  • Music: Marcus Miller M2 “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” “Burning Down The House”

    • Donovan Webster

    Donovan Webster goes beyond the oft-discussed European and Pacific theaters of World War II in his recent book. It’s called The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II.

  • Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal

    • Bill Richardson on Diplomacy

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    New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.

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    Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show

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    NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.

    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.

    Barack Obama

    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.

    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?