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15 May 2008

Escape from Andersonville: A Civil War Novel (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 15 May 2008)

Daniel Lenihan and actor Gene Hackman have co-written a new historical novel set in the Civil War, Escape from Andersonville . It’s about a Union officer’s escape from the notorious Confederate prison camp Andersonville, and his dramatic return to free his men still imprisoned. Event : Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan will be speaking and signing books Thursday, May 15 at 7 pm Columbus Circle Borders Books

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[33:53]..." The reason I ask you about Abu Ghraib before is because often historical novels. Do refer to contemporary times in the same way that science fiction often does. And I "...

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7 May 2008

Former US Commander in Iraq Tells His Side of the Story (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 07 May 2008)

Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez , the US commander in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004, tells us what he wishes he’d done differently. He shares his take on Abu Ghraib and the current state of affairs in Iraq in his new book, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story . If you can't see the video click here var so = new SWFObject("http://www.youtube.com/v/yrsMGYfCp5Q", "mymovie", "390", "321", "7", "#FFFFFF");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");connect(window, 'onload', function() {so.write("ytcontent");});

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[0:45]..." It's likely he'll always be best remembered for his connection to the Abu Ghraib scandal. He tells his side of the story in his new memoir wiser and battle which he wrote with Donald T Phillips "...

[1:48]..." you feel that you been made a scapegoat for what happened and Abu Ghraib. Well the defining a scapegoat is something that I have not had dabbled into I think it's important for us to understand. That in the waging modern war especially the time of war that we -- encountered with they're all our a multitude of decisions that result in the actions and the events that occur. And when you look back at what happened the political military decisions the implications of of Abu Ghraib and in fact the actual conduct of operations on the ground it creates a situation that is very difficult for the country. "...

[2:56]..." the status of the war on the status of the investigations into Abu Ghraib -- such that the conditions do not allow the administration before that nomination and -- and forwarded they probably would have not "...

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Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez Tells His Side of the Story

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7 May 2008

Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez Tells His Side of the Story

The former US Commander in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004, tells WNYC's Leonard Lopate what he wishes he'd done differently. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/05/07/segments/98305

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[1:08]..." back at what happened the political military decisions the implications of of Abu Ghraib and in fact the actual conduct of operations on the ground it creates a situation that is very difficult for the country. "...

[1:49]..." the status of the war in the status of the investigations into Abu Ghraib -- such that the conditions do not allow the administration before that nomination and if and forwarded they probably would have not "...

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6 May 2008

Political Projections: Remakes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 06 May 2008)

Political films are among the most frequently remade films in Hollywood. We compare the originals and remakes of “All the King’s Men” and “The Manchurian Candidate” to see how each depicts the politics of the time in which it was made. Philip Gianos of California State University, Fullerton, is the author of Politics and Politicians in American Film . Independent scholar and journalist Gaspar Gonzalez is co-author of What Have They Built You to Do?: The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America . The movies we'll discuss are: “All the King’s Men” (1949) – Robert Rossen directed this classic political film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, a thinly veiled portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor Huey Long. “All the King’s Men” (2006): Steven Zaillian wrote and directed this remake, which remains largely faithful to the original version. “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962): John Frankenheimer directed this classic political thriller that, when first released, was considered far ahead of its time. “The Manchurian Candidate” (2004): Jonathan Demme directed this remake, updating its themes and plotlines to address the Bush Administration’s war on terror. Watch the films, and then weigh in: How do you think the remakes compare to the original versions? How are the films shaped by the politics of the times in which they were made?

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[28:02]..." scientist and US commander in Iraq from. June 2003 to June 2004 Abu Ghraib and the current state of affairs in Iraq and what he wishes he had done differently also Israeli author that -- carry "...

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29 Apr 2008

Arianna Huffington on Why the Right is Wrong (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 29 April 2008)

Author, columnist, and radio host Arianna Huffington is best known for founding the influential and popular blog, The Huffington Post . Her new book, Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe , criticizes the radical element of the Republican Party and a compliant media for leading this country down the wrong path. Events : Arianna Huffington will be speaking and signing books Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00 pm DL21C Event 725 Washington Street (between Bank and West 11th Streets) The event is free for members and $7 for non-members; RSVP here Arianna Huffington will be speaking and signing books Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00 pm Barnes and Noble Union Square 33 East 17th Street If you can't see the video click here var so = new SWFObject("http://www.youtube.com/v/SGGbx-MvxC8", "mymovie", "390", "321", "7", "#FFFFFF");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");connect(window, 'onload', function() {so.write("ytcontent");});

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[21:39]..." judge must have been reelected after the -- the IB MD often Abu Ghraib often go on Panama. "...

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28 Apr 2008

Errol Morris’s New Documentary about Abu Errol Morris’s New Documentary about Ghraib (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 28 April 2008)

When the infamous photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison were released, people wondered if these photographs constituted evidence of systematic abuse by the American military or the aberrant behavior of a few "bad apples?" In “Standard Operating Procedure," acclaimed documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the context of these photographs to figure out what really happened at the prison. The documentary is currently playing at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and the Angelika Film Center.

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[0:32]..." 28 and 93 point nine WNYC. The photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison. Natalie tarnished America's reputation abroad but affected America's image of itself. And while most people might think that they understand the "...

[6:06]..." standard operating procedure. You hear Sabrina Harman reading her own letters from Abu Ghraib. Letters that were written at the time the photographs were taken. And you can here in the letters and on endings theories "...

[10:16]..." been thinking about. Publishing an essay forty things that nobody knows about Abu Ghraib you get hints of it in the film the kidnapping and incarceration of children. -- children held as hostages in order to make their parents Paul. The constant mortar attacks. You often hear from the administration okay we don't have to adhere to Geneva but we do we do adhere to it anyway. Well everything at Abu Ghraib it was a violation of Geneva everything even situated in. That prison in the middle of the Sunni triangle we're mortars were "...

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Love and Loss in Baghdad (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 25 April 2008)

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25 Apr 2008

Love and Loss in Baghdad (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 25 April 2008)

Michael Hastings , Newsweek ’s Baghdad correspondent, explains how covering the war in Iraq came at a huge personal cost. He writes about love and loss in wartime in his new memoir, I Lost My Love in Baghdad .

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[17:02]..." proves one wrong. As we saw in Germany for example if you Abu Ghraib to these are just Americans in his and it sort of a screwed up situation. And they're behaving like human beings behave "...

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The American Candy Bombers (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 25 April 2008)

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25 Apr 2008

The American Candy Bombers (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 25 April 2008)

In 1948, people in West Berlin were suffering and hungry when American and British pilots airlifted in billions of pounds of food and supplies. Find out how that affected West Berliners’ attitudes about democracy in the years immediately following World War II. Andrei Cherny ’s new book is The Candy Bombers .

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[15:15]..." and and and policy adviser and it was really a moment that Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo was in the in the news and as a says it was the moment that all these polls are showing. "...

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25 Apr 2008

Morris, Abu Morris, Ghraib, Film Club (Studio 360: Friday, 25 April 2008)

The aftershocks of Abu Ghraib . In “Standard Operating Procedure,” filmmaker Errol Morris tells the story of the soldiers who posed and photographed abuses of prisoners at Abu Ghraib . In a strange twist of timing, U.S. military prisons are the subject of another movie being released this weekend; this one, however, is a comedy. “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” details the misadventures of two White Castle-loving potheads who find themselves the subjects of racial profiling.

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[0:32]..." Errol Morris whose documentary standard operating procedure is about the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Just stay away from myself okay eight. Stereo issue legible -- And later on the our father reaches out to his wayward "...

[2:30]..." humiliation in vile abuse committed by American soldiers on Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. People tend to want to for -- images like this so. It's easy to. Push them out of the public conscience the "...

[8:07]..." than symbol and more of a person that so many theories about Abu Ghraib. But very little. Attempt to uncover of the reality of the place. They often describe the photographs as both expose -- and "...

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24 Apr 2008

Morris, Abu Morris, Ghraib, Film Club (Studio 360)

The aftershocks of Abu Ghraib . In “Standard Operating Procedure,” filmmaker Errol Morris tells the story of the soldiers who posed and photographed abuses of prisoners at Abu Ghraib . In a strange twist of timing, U.S. military prisons are the subject of another movie being released this weekend; this one, however, is a comedy. “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” details the misadventures of two White Castle-loving potheads who find themselves the subjects of racial profiling.

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[0:32]..." Errol Morris whose documentary standard operating procedure is about the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Just stay away from myself okay eight. Stereo issue legible -- And later on the our father reaches out to his wayward "...

[2:31]..." in vile abuse committed by American soldiers on the Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. People tend to want to forget images like this so. That's easy to. Push them out of the public conscience the army "...

[8:07]..." than symbol and more of a person the so many theories about Abu Ghraib. But very little. Attempt to uncover of the reality of the place. -- often describe the photographs as both expose a and "...

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