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Tester Wins Montana Senate Race Over Burns (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)The State of American Identity
We start today’s show off with election wrap-ups from the anti-pundit circuit. We hear from Ana Marie Cox, the founding editor of Wonkette and the Washington editor of TIME.com. And two editors from The Onion join in. Later on, poet Sekou Sundiata explores America’s national identity. Plus, Al and Larry Ubell, the Gurus of How-To, take your calls!
Ana Marie Cox on the Election Results
Ana Marie Cox, the founding editor of Wonkette and the Washington editor of TIME.com, joins us for a post-election wrap-up.
Political Analysis from The Onion
Joe Garden and Joe Randazzo from The Onion offer their election analysis.
the 51st (dream) state
Poet Sekou Sundiata spent two years traveling around the country asking what it means to be an American. In the 51st (dream) state, Mr. Sundiata shares what he discovered about our sense of national identity.
The Gurus of How-To
Al and Larry Ubell, the Gurus of How-To, answer your home repair questions. Call 212-433-9692.
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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.
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, 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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