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Dr. Stefan Collignon (Marcia Lieberman)Riot
Many of the rioters in France are the children of North African immigrants. On today's Leonard Lopate Show, the roots of the rioting, and how European immigration policy may be partly to blame. Also: how has Europe changed since World War II? Plus, the Ubells take your calls on home repair.
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Music:
“Burning Down the House” Talking Heads
“Mr. Fix-It” Darlene Love & The White Heat Orchestra
New Old World
World War II ended 50 years ago, but its shadow still looms over Europe. Leonard talks to Tony Judt, director of New York University's Remarque Institute and author of the new book Postwar.
Events:
Tony Judt Talk & Signing
Friday, November 11 at 7:30 PM
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1014 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10028
Music:
Cobb Soundtrack
Tracks 9, 16, 10, 11
Out of Control
France is in a state of emergency after nearly two weeks of rioting. Has European immigration policy helped create the chaos? Political scientist Dr. Stefan Collignon comments, along with Sufi Pedder, the Economist Paris bureau chief.
» More about Dr. Collignon
Music:
Constant Gardener Soundtrack
Tracks 2, 21, 3
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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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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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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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