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The Leonard Lopate Show

Thursday, July 29, 2004
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  • Governor Ryan at a press conference (Deadline)
    Governor Ryan at a press conference (Deadline)

    Hanging in the Balance

    Our continuing series, Underreported, focuses challenges facing the geopolitically strategic Southern Caucasus. We’ll discuss how new oil and gas pipelines, combined with unresolved conflicts and political and economic instability, are affecting the region and attracting international attention. Then filmmakers Kate Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson follow Illinois Governor George Ryan’s efforts to empty the state’s Death Row of 171 inmates in their new documentary, Deadline. And Fred Goodman exhumes the forgotten history of Woodlawn Cemetery in The Secret City. And speechwriter John Pollack describes his adventures fashioning a boat out of 165,321 corks and 15,000 rubber bands.

Underreported: Svante E. Cornell, Cassandra Cavanaugh, and John Boit

Svante E. Cornell, Cassandra Cavanaugh, and John Boit on the challenges facing the Southern Caucasus. Svante E. Cornell is editor of the Central Asia Caucasus Analyst. Cassandra Cavanaugh is with the Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute. And John Boit is Regional Director of the Southern Caucasus for Internews.

» More info on the Central Asia Caucasus Analyst
» Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute
» More info on the Southern Caucasus for Internews
» More on the Underreported series

Music: Instrumental Armenian Folk Songs and Dances. George Mgrdichian, oud, and Menachem Dworman, guitar. "Gahnche Groong (Call Out, Crane)"
Table Songs of Georgia. The Tsinandali Choir. "Kakhuri Mravaljamieri."
Mirangula: Georgian Folk Songs. Rustavi Choir. "Sabodisho" (Healing Song from Guria)

Kate Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson

Kate Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson discuss Deadline.

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Events: Deadline will air on Friday, July 30 at 8 PM on Dateline NBC

Music: Soundtrack to Let Him Have It. Music by Michael Kamen. "Let Him Have It" / "Derek"
Soundtrack to Sirens. Music by Rachel Portman. "The Yearning/Sirens Suite" / "March Past of the Kitchen Utensils."

Fred Goodman

Click here for slideshow Fred Goodman uncovers The Secret City: Woodlawn Cemetery and the Buried History of New York.

» Click here for a slideshow of images from The Secret City
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Events: Fred Goodman will be leading free 90-minute walking tours of Woodlawn Cemetery on Sunday, 8/1 and Sunday, 8/8 at 5pm. To sign up for one of these tours, email secretcity@randomhouse.com or call 212-782-9077.

John Pollack

John Pollock on his book Cork Boat.

» John Pollack's website
» More on the book

Music: Soundtrack to Oscar and Lucinda. Music by Thomas Newman. "Prince Rupert’s Drop."

Sarah Palin

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

The Leonard Lopate Show

August 08, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is Sen. John McCain’s VP running mate. To find out more about Gov. Palin and Alaska politics, check out our States of the Union: Alaska segment from Aug. 8, 2008.

Joe Biden

Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show

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Sen. Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to be his running mate. To find out more about his personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama, Circa 2004

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As the Democratic Convention is underway in Denver, listen to 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.

John McCain

John McCain in 2000

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Sen. John McCain spoke with Leonard in September 2000 about his memoir, Faith of My Fathers. He discussed his family's naval background, his time in POW camps, as well as his own presidential ambitions for the 2000 election.

States of the Union

States of the Union

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Why is New York a blue state, Wyoming a red, and Ohio a shade of purple? Looking ahead to Election Day 2008, Leonard talks to journalists, scholars, and activists from each of the 50 states to find out what motivates voters from Maine to California.

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?

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