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The Leonard Lopate Show / January 31, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, January 31, 2005
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  • Books

    Mightier Than the Sword

    Child psychiatrist Lynne Jones tells us why she believes some children who lived through the Bosnian war in the 1990s do not show lasting signs of trauma from the conflict. Then, Jeffrey Kluger reminds us of how terrifying the prospect of polio once was, in the days before a vaccine was found. He traces the epic struggle and success of the efforts to beat the disease in his new book, Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio. Carlos Ruiz Zafón's novel, The Shadow of the Wind, has spent more than a year on the Spanish bestseller list. Set in postwar Barcelona in 1945, the book follows a boy's search for more information about a little-known author he discovers. As his search takes him through the city, the boy begins to realize the power, and in this case the danger, of literature. Finally, Stephen Yafa traces the threads of cotton's political and economic influence in world history: Big Cotton.

Growing Pains

Child psychiatrist Lynne Jones recounts the stories of children who survived wartime Bosnia: Then They Started Shooting.

Music: Soundtrack to The Cider House Rules, music by Rachel Portman: "Homer Asks Wally for a Ride" / "Young Girl's Burial"

The Vaccine Works

Jeffrey Kluger pays tribute to the monumental scientific effort to find a polio vaccine: Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio.

» Read an excerpt of Splendid Solution in the Reading Room

Events: Jeffrey Kluger will be speaking on:
Monday, January 31st at 7:30pm
Barnes and Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)

Carlos Ruiz Zafan will be speaking on:
Monday, January 31st at 7pm
McNally Robinson
50 Prince Street

Music: Soundtrack to Cobb, music by Elliot Goldenthal: "Winter Walk"

The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón discusses his novel The Shadow of the Wind. Set in postwar Barcelona in 1945, the book follows a boy’s harrowing search for more information about a little-known author.

Music: Soundtrack to Kiss the Girls, music by Mark Isham: "Kiss the Girls"

Political Fabric

Stephen Yafa on cotton’s impact on international politics and economics: Big Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber.

Music: "Eple," by Royksopp

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?