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Arianna HuffingtonExpert Advice
Arianna Huffington starts the show off by encouraging women to be bold in their professional and personal lives. Then, Nigerian novelist Chimamonda Ngozi Adichie joins us. And trivia buff Ken Jennings stops by. Plus, Larry Ubell answers your home repair questions.
Arianna Huffington on Being Bold
Political columnist, blogger, and pundit Arianna Huffington may come across as fearless, but she says that learning to assert herself took a lot of practice. She shares her advice for other women in her new book: On Becoming Fearless.
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Events: Arianna Huffington will be speaking and signing books
Friday, September 15 at 7 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamonda Ngozi Adichie talks about portraying the Nigerian Civil War in her latest novel: Half of a Yellow Sun.
Available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will be reading and signing books
Thursday, September 14 at 7 pm
192 Books
192 Tenth Avenue, between 20th and 21st Streets
Ken Jennings on Trivia
Ken Jennings looks back on his 75-game winning streak on Jeopardy!, and sheds some light on his adventures as a trivia buff, in Brainiac.
Available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Ken Jennings will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, September 14 at 7 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble
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Bill Richardson on Diplomacy
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New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be joining Obama’s cabinet as Commerce Secretary. You can hear him talk about his experience in foreign policy and diplomacy on the Lopate Show in April 2007.
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Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System
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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.
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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