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The Leonard Lopate Show / December 27, 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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  • I is for Infidel
    I is for Infidel

    Personal Accounts

    Kathy Gannon covered Afghanistan as an AP correspondent from 1986 to 2005. In I is for Infidel, she shares her account of the country’s history of occupation and war. Then, Nuala O'Faolain tells us about her biography of an infamous female con artist: The Story of Chicago May. Louise Erdrich shares her new novel, The Painted Drum. And Hilary Spurling looks at the life of Henri Matisse.

I is for Infidel

Kathy Gannon worked as a freelancer and AP correspondent in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 1986 to 2005. She was the only female journalist to be in Afghanistan throughout the Taliban rule, and she was the only Western journalist allowed into Kabul after 9/11. She tells us what she learned during 18 years in Afghanistan in I is for Infidel: From Holy War to Holy Terror.

Music: Pole Tricks – Japancakes
Blackout – John Scofield

The Story of Chicago May

Nuala O'Faolain has written two best-selling memoirs: Are You Somebody? and Almost There. Now she tries her hand at biography to study the life of a turn-of-the-century Irish con woman in The Story of Chicago May.

Music: James Scott – Ragtime Nightingale
H Charleston Woods – The Charleston Rag
from Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert

The Painted Drum

Louise Erdrich shares her new novel, The Painted Drum. The book studies the relationship between an antiquities dealer and a rare Native American drum found in New Hampshire.

Music: Louise Erdich – The Painted Drum Music from Dances With Wolves # 1, 2

Matisse the Master

Hilary Spurling follows up The Unknown Matisse, her biography of Matisse’s early life, with a second volume on the often misunderstood artist: Matisse the Master.

Music: Hilary Spurling – Matisse The Master
Darius Milhaud – Music for Wind Instruments #1, 2, 7

Sarah Palin

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska Politics

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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.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle on the Leonard Lopate Show

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Oprah’s Book Club has just chosen David Wroblewski’s novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle as its newest selection. Hear Wroblewki talk about his acclaimed novel on the Lopate Show in June 2008.

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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