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Path of DestructionAfter the Storm
We’ll mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today with two Times-Picayune editors. Plus, Gay Talese reflects on his life as a writer. And we’ll re-examine the history of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
Before and After Katrina
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein, editors from New Orleans’ Times-Picayune, describe living through the disaster…and its aftermath. Their new book is Path of Destruction.
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Gay Talese on Writing
Gay Talese reflects on the frustration and satisfaction he’s felt as a writer in A Writer’s Life.
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Mao's Last Revolution
History professor Roderick MacFarquhar describes the chaos that he says resulted from Mao’s Last Revolution.
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Al Franken will be declared the winner of the Minnesota Senate race recount, even though Norm Coleman is expected to challenge the results in court. Al Franken has been a guest on the Lopate Show several times, most recently in 2005. Hear him talk about his journey from performing to politics.
Caroline Kennedy on the Lopate Show
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Caroline Kennedy’s bid for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat could make her the latest member of the Kennedy family to take on a major role in national politics. She’s been a guest on the Lopate Show twice – once to talk about Americans’ right to privacy, and more recently to discuss examples of political courage.
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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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