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(Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)Choices, Choices
Senator Harry Reid talks about his path from growing up in poverty in Nevada to becoming the Senate Majority Leader. Also: hear where to find America's best artisanal foods, from chocolate and cheese to old-fashioned sodas! Cynthia Ozick on her latest short story collection. And, a panel discussion about the complicated issue of reproductive choice.
Senator Harry Reid’s Path to Power
Senator Harry Reid talks about his path from a childhood of poverty in Nevada to Senate Majority Leader. His new memoir is The Good Fight.
America’s Best Artisanal Foods
More and more Americans want to know where their food comes from, and are seeking out food produced at a small scale on the local level. Food writer Rebecca Gray tells us where to find America’s best artisanal foods, from chocolate and cheese to old-fashioned sodas. Her new book is American Artisanal.
Cynthia Ozick’s Quartet
Cynthia Ozick’s new collection of four stories is Dictation: A Quartet. The title story investigates how the female secretaries of Henry James and Joseph Conrad influenced their bosses’ works.
Real-Life Stories of Reproductive Choice
Reproductive choice is one of the most complex, personal, and political issues of modern-day America. A recent essay collection, Choice, explores what it’s like to have a baby, use a sperm bank, get an abortion, be a surrogate mother, and much more. Karin Bender and Nina de Gramont are the editors; Kimi Faxon Hemingway is a contributor.
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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.
Big Plans for America
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Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel from Illinois has agreed to be Chief of Staff under President-Elect Barack Obama. You can hear him on the Lopate Show in 2006 discussing his thoughts on what the Democratic party needed to do in order to succeed.
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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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Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show
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To find out more about Vice President-Elect Joe Biden’s personal and political life, listen to Leonard’s Aug. 2007 interview with Sen. Biden. At the time, the Senator from Delaware was still a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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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?
