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Operation DreamlandDays to Remember
Garrett Scott and Ian Olds spent the winter of 2004 filming a squad of American soldiers, among them Joseph Wood, in Fallujah. They join us to talk about the resulting documentary: “Occupation: Dreamland.” Then, Zadie Smith tells us about her new novel, On Beauty. Poet Sharon Olds explains why she’s protesting the National Book Festival. And, in today’s Please Explain feature, we’ll find out how memory works.
Occupation: Dreamland
Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds, and soldier Joseph Wood, tells us about their documentary, “Occupation: Dreamland.” The film follows the lives of soldiers in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division during the occupation of Fallujah in the winter of 2004.
» More on “Occupation: Dreamland”
Music:
Music from the Motion Picture ‘Heat’
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On Beauty
Zadie Smith, author of the highly-acclaimed White Teeth, tells us about her third novel: On Beauty.
Events:
Zadie Smith will be speaking on:
Sunday, September 25th at 2pm
Barnes and Noble, Union Square
Monday, September 26th at 7pm
Symphony Space
» More info
Soundtrack from ‘Feast of July’
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Poetry and Politics
Laura Bush is hosting the National Book Festival this week in Washington. Poet Sharon Olds, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and a professor of creative writing at New York University, tells us the political considerations behind her decision to refuse an invitation to read at the festival.
Events: Sharon Olds will be hosting an R.S.V.P. to Laura Bush on:
Friday, Sept 23rd at 7pm
Elebash Recital Hall
The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY
Free admission at the door. Co-sponsored by The Nation.
More on R.S.V.P to Laura Bush
Music:
Soundtrack from ‘Lonesome’ by the Alloy Orchestra
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Please Explain: Memory
On this week’s edition of our regular Please Explain feature, we’ll try to explain how memory works. We’ll look at the difference between short and long term memory, why we remember some things and not others, and why some people are better at remembering details that others. We’re joined by Jordan Grafman, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and Dr. Barry Gordon, MD, Ph.D., the Director of the Division of Cognitive Neurology/Neuropsychology and The Memory Clinic at Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
Music:
Soundtrack from Sontaine
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Earlier this week, Pres. Obama announced that he plans to nominate geneticist Dr. Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. You can listen to Leonard’s 2006 conversation with Dr. Collins about how he reconciles his personal faith with his professional scientific knowledge.
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May 14, 2009
Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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Video Pick: Elizabeth Edwards
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Elizabeth Edwards discusses how to best cope with lifes difficulties in her book Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities.
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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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