The Leonard Lopate Show
The Devil’s Highway
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Susan Jacoby examines the history of American secularism and her book Freethinkers. Then, a closer look into the "Yuma 14," a group of illegal immigrants who became lost and died in the Arizona desert shortly after crossing the Mexican border in 2001. Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil’s Highway, tells their story and examines border issues. Designer and critic Jessica Helfand discusses the art of circular charting. And Bruce Murkoff shares his novel, Waterborne.
Susan Jacoby
Susan Jacoby examines the history of American secularism and her book Freethinkers. Plus, Lopate takes listeners calls on the topic of freethinking and the separation of Church and State.
Music: Early American Roots (As Heard at the
Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History), Track 16 “Rockbridge/ The Garden Hymn” – Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, and Track 10 “Spirit of Gambo” Poetical Musick, Tobias Hume
Luis Alberto Urrea
A closer look into the "Yuma 14," a group of illegal immigrants who became lost and died in the Arizona desert shortly after crossing the Mexican border in 2001. Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil’s Highway, tells their story and examines border issues.
Music:Steve Reich: Tehillim The Desert Music, Track 3 "III," and The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan and The Band, Disc Two, Track 12, "This Wheel’s On Fire"
Jessica Helfand
Designer and critic Jessica Helfand discusses the art of circular charting. Her book is called Reinventing the Wheel.
Music: Mexico en Vivo—Versiones Originales Original Mexican Songs, Track 19 "Moliendo café" and Track 1 "Veracruz"
Bruce Murkoff
Bruce Murkoff shares his novel, Waterborne.
» Read an excerpt of Waterborne in the Reading Room.
Music: Copland The Modernist, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, Track 1, "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"
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