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Secretary Rumsfeld outside the dining facility of the Abu Ghraib Detention Center (Dept of Defense)News from Abu Ghraib
The troubled U.S. involvement in Iraq isn’t going to be made any easier by recent revelations of torture in Abu Ghraib prison. Mark Bowden talks about the Bush administration’s response to the scandal, and what led American soldiers to commit the abuses. Journalist and anthropologist Wendy Orent explains why the plague, a.k.a. Black Death, can never be completely eradicated. Then, a discussion with David Robb on how the Pentagon shapes Hollywood – the Defense Department helps movie producers with locations, technical advice, and equipment in exchange for positive portrayals of the U.S. military. And Wendy Aibel-Weiss and Stephen Hindy talk about the history of the Brooklyn beer-brewing industry.
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, has an article in the July/August issue of The Atlantic Monthly called "Lessons of Abu Ghraib."
Music: Meet Joe Black Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
Wendy Orent
Even though the plague is caused by a single agent, the bacterium Yersinia pestis, it can manifest itself in many different ways ranging from the benign to the extremely deadly. Wendy Orent’s new book is called Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease.
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More info about the plague from the CDC
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More about the book
Music: Kiss The Girls Soundtrack composer Mark Isham
David Robb
According to David Robb, the Pentagon helps filmmakers as long as the movie in question helps the military’s image. Robb is co-author with Jonathan Turley of Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies.
» Read more about the book and authors
Music: Golden Eye Soundtrack composer Eric Serra
The General’s Daughter Soundtrack composer Carter Burwell
Wendy Aibel-Weiss and Stephen Hindy
Brooklyn was an important center of beer production from 1870 until the 1970s, and now it’s making a comeback. There’s an exhibit about beer brewing in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Historical Society from May 14 to October 15, 2004. Wendy Aibel-Weiss is project developer for the Brooklyn Historical Society, and Stephen Hindy is president of The Brooklyn Brewery.
» View a slideshow of images from "100 Bottles of Beer in the Wall" exhibit
» More about the exhibit at the BHS
» Visit The Brooklyn Brewery’s website
Music: Mr. Jerry Hadley Golden Days “The Streets of New York”
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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.
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, 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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