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The Leonard Lopate Show / September 25, 2006

The Leonard Lopate Show

Monday, September 25, 2006
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    Reverend Mel White broke with the Christian Right in the 1990s, to come out as a gay man. On today’s show, he says fundamentalist Christians are waging a holy war against sexual minorities, and undermining American democracy. Then, we explore the 1500-year staying power of chess. And we talk to a man who’s been living with HIV for 20 years—since he was infected by tainted blood at age 11. Plus: an inside perspective on life in Iraq’s Green Zone.

Breaking with the Christian Right

Mel White once worked as a ghostwriter for Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson. But twelve years ago, he came out as a gay man and broke with the Christian Right. In Religion Gone Bad, he outlines what he believes are the hidden dangers of fundamentalism.

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The Immortal Game

David Shenk explores the 1500-year evolution of chess in The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain.

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Rebel Without a Cure

At age 11, hemophiliac Shawn Decker contracted HIV from tainted blood. In My Pet Virus, he talks about living with the virus for 20 years—from fighting to attend public school, to promoting safe sex with his HIV-negative wife.

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Event: Shawn Decker will be reading and signing books
Monday, September 25 at 7:30 pm
Greenwich Village Barnes & Noble
Sixth Avenue, at 8th Street

Inside the Green Zone

In Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the former Baghdad Bureau Chief for The Washington Post, shares his firsthand account, and critical perspective, on life inside the Green Zone.

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Events: Rajiv Chandrasekaran will be speaking on
Monday, September 25th
6:30 pm reception
7:00 pm book reading and signing
Malika Restaurant
210 E 43rd St (between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
Tickets $7 SAJA members, $10 non-members
212-681-6775

Rajiv Chandrasekaran will be participating in a panel on war reporting
Tuesday, October 5th at 6:30 pm
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th Streets)

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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Plaxico Burress on the Lopate Show

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NY Giants star Plaxico Burress is in the headlines this week for his self-inflicted gunshot wound. You can hear him on the Leonard Lopate Show in July 2008 talk about his life on and off the football field, and what it was like to win the 2007 Super Bowl.

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

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.

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?