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The Leonard Lopate Show / April 06, 2004

The Leonard Lopate Show

Tuesday, April 06, 2004
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    The Devil's Highway

    The Devil’s Highway

    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"

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?