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The Leonard Lopate Show / January 23, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, January 23, 2004
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  • The Price of Loyalty

    The White House According to Paul O’Neill

    Ron Suskind’s new book on the George W. Bush White House as described by Paul O’Neil has caused a lot of controversy. Suskind is here to describe what O’Neill says really goes on during the Bush administration’s meetings. Then native Russian/current New Yorker Lara Vapnyar on her new short story collection, There are Jews in My House. And British actress Dame Eileen Atkins explains why she thinks performing in New York "is always a shot in the arm, a shot of B-12." She’s currently starring in the play “The Retreat from Moscow,” now at the Booth Theatre.

Ron Suskind

Ron Suskind’s book is The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill. It’s based on thousands of memos, notes, reports, and schedules culled from former Treasury Secretary O’Neill’s time in the White House.

Visit Ron Suskind’s website

»Music: music from Erin Brockovich soundtrack, music by Thomas Newman, tracks 1,3,6. Label: SK 89239 Erin Brockovich, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax

Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar’s new short story collection is There are Jews in My House. Vapnyar only learned English after she moved to the U.S. from Russia in 1994.

»Music: music from Molly’s Pilgrim, composed by Brooke Halpin, tracks 4, 3. Label: Molly’s Pilgrim, Music from the film, MMD 60138F

Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins co-stars with John Lithgow and Ben Chaplin in “The Retreat from Moscow” at the Booth Theatre at 222 West 45th Street.

Visit the ”The Retreat from Moscow” website

»Music: music from Iris, music composed and conducted by James Horner, tracks 3,2. Label: SK 89806, Iris, Music from the Motion Picture

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.

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedkerwin/">tedkerwin</a>/flickr)

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?