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Stories of Recovery
Reporter Adam LeBor argues that the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. Then, William Cope Moyers—son of Bill Moyers—shares his story of addiction and recovery. Plus, a tribute to the largely forgotten art of sentence diagramming. And we revisit the influential lives of nine Hungarian Jews who fled from Hitler.
Has the UN Failed to Confront Genocide?
In Complicity with Evil, Adam LeBor argues that from Rwanda to Bosnia to Darfur, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide.
Complicity with Evil is available for purchase at amazon.com
Addiction and Recovery
William Cope Moyers—son of Bill Moyers—talks about his battle with drug and alcohol addiction.
Broken is available for purchase at amazon.com
Mapping Grammar
Kitty Burns Florey shares her history of the mostly lost art of sentence diagramming, in Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog.
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog is available for purchase at amazon.com
Fleeing from Hitler
Kati Marton looks at the influential lives of nine Hungarian Jews who fled from Hitler, and went on to have a huge impact on science, film, and literature.
The Great Escape is available for purchase at amazon.com
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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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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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?
