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The Leonard Lopate Show

Friday, July 16, 2004
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  • The Trouble with Islam
    Irshad Manji and The Trouble with Islam

    Final Frontiers

    Canadian Muslim Irshad Manji criticizes some trends in the modern Islamic faith and offers her own prescription for change. Boris Fishman, editor of Wild East, and contributor Paul Greenman explain why they call the former Soviet Bloc countries "the last frontier." And a discussion with Theo Padnos, who spent time teaching literature to inmates at Vermont's Woodstock Regional Correctional Facility.

Irshad Manji

Irshad Manji is a Canadian TV personality, media entrepreneur, and a queer Muslim. She’s been named "Feminist for the 21st Century" by Ms. magazine. Her new book is The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith.

» Irshad Manji's website

Boris Fishman and Paul Greenman

Boris Fishman and Paul Greenman on the new last frontier, the Wild East.

Theo Padnos

Theo Padnos' book is My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun. He spent time teaching literature to inmates at Vermont's Woodstock Regional Correctional Facility.

Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton

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Though a doctor by training (who created the hit television series “ER”), Michael Crichton’s name will always be more readily associated with the bestselling thrillers, “The Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park.” He died just recently at the age of 66. But you can still hear his interview from 1990 with Leonard about “Jurassic Park.”

Rahm Emanuel

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.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama, Circa 2004

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As the Democratic Convention is underway in Denver, listen to 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.

Joe Biden

Sen. Joe Biden on the Lopate Show

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Sen. Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to be his running mate. To find out more about his 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.

Guest Picks

The Leonard Lopate Show

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?

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