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Tuesday, June 22, 2004
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  • Why Lincoln Matters
    Why Lincoln Matters

    Lincoln: My Hero!

    The Rail Splitter is more than a relic. Former New York governor Mario Cuomo names Abraham Lincoln as one of his heroes, and he thinks that Lincoln’s legacy is as relevant as ever. Then, three former UN peacekeepers tell what it’s like to live and work in war zones like Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda. (There are more sex and drugs than you might expect.) Martin Clark on his second novel, Plain Heathen Mischief. And a look at Farmingville, a new documentary about immigrant Mexican day workers in a small Long Island community.

Gov. Mario Cuomo

Gov. Cuomo’s new book is Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever. Cuomo also edited an anthology of Lincoln’s writing called Lincoln on Democracy.

» Read a brief biography of Abe Lincoln
» More about Gov. Cuomo’s book
» Read an excerpt of the book in our Reading Room

Music: CD: He Got Game Soundtrack (The music of Aaron Copland) Cut # 6 "Lincoln Portrait"
Cut # 11 "Grover’s Corner" from Our Town
Sony Records

Events: Mario Cuomo reads and signs books in Huntington, NY on Friday, June 21 at 8pm at The Book Revue and Saturday, June 22 at 2pm in Ridgewood, NJ at Bookends.

Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, and Andrew Thomson

Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, and Andrew Thomson met when they worked as peacekeepers in some of the most war-torn corners of the world in the 1990s. They’ve co-written a new memoir called Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story from Hell on Earth, which the UN is trying to block because of some racy and revealing details.

Events: The three authors will be giving a reading/Q&A/booksigning on Tuesday, July 6 at the Astor Place Barnes & Noble at 7:30PM

Music: CD: Instrumentals Cut # 5 "Meta, Beta, Tarabeta" byPangeia Instrumentos
Cut # 11 Edit of "How Was it For You" by Gare Du Nord

Martin Clark

Martin Clark’s second novel, Plain Heathen Mischief, follows Reverend Joel King after his release from prison, where he spent six months for statutory rape of a 17-year old. Clark’s acclaimed first novel is The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living.

Music: CD: Sound track from A Shock to the System Cut # 2 Cut # 7

Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini

Farmingville is Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini’s documentary about complex relations between locals and Mexican laborers in the Long Island community of Farmingville. It airs Tuesday, June 22 on PBS at 10 pm.

» More about Tambini and Sandoval
» Read a letter from the filmmakers

Music: CD: Seabiscuit Soundtrack Cut #5

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?