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Tests of Endurance
On today's show, one man's disturbing account of how he was wrongly imprisoned in Saudi Arabia—where he was beaten and tortured for 2½ years. Then, we'll find out where Abraham Lincoln got the moral and political strength to become President, and steer America through one of its most tumultuous periods. Later on, we’ll look at what happens when love and sex turn into erotic obsession. Plus: a comprehensive new history of the Cold War.
Wrongly Imprisoned
While working in Riyadh, a Canadian engineer named William Sampson was arrested in connection with a series of car bombings he didn’t commit. In Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival In a Saudi Prison, he shares his disturbing account of being wrongly imprisoned in Saudi Arabia—where he was beaten and tortured for 2½ years.
The Making of Lincoln
Oxford historian Richard Carwardine examines how Lincoln got the political and moral strength to lead America through the Civil War in Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power.
An All-Consuming Love
Journalist Bruce Benderson describes how an assignment to cover sex clubs in Budapest led to a romantic obsession that took over his life, in The Romanian.
Cold But Not Forgotten
Yale's John Lewis Gaddis tells us about his history The Cold War, and his efforts to make the era meaningful to today’s students.
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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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