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JFK’s Trusted Advisor (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 12 May 2008)

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12 May 2008

JFK’s Trusted Advisor (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 12 May 2008) 

JFK called his advisor Ted Sorensen his “intellectual blood bank.” Ted Sorensen looks back on their work together, and tells us what he thinks JFK’s true legacy is. His new memoir is Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History . Event : Ted Sorensen will be interviewed by James Mustich Monday, May 12 at 7 pm Barnes & 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/h9sqp1GrMvo", "mymovie", "390", "321", "7", "#FFFFFF");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");connect(window, 'onload', function() {so.write("ytcontent");});

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[23:12]..." this very same day that writing them letters sent an October -- Castro's and his own letter through the Soviet ambassador in -- in which he said to cruise -- I think the Americans are "...

[23:50]..." learned from a at the last two monitors and halama and 2002. Castro invited the American delegation to lunch. And a gave little -- which chastised him for. -- that we ought to eliminated from "...

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May 9, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 09 May 2008)

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9 May 2008

May 9, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 09 May 2008) 

Show Summary: The Internet Archive challenges a secret FBI demand and wins; a peek inside the mind of an MSNBC pundit; the enduring legacy of Ayn Rand.

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[41:23]..." Jolie to Vince Vaughn director like Oliver stone who was fond of Castro. Says and -- as one of the most important figures and his intellectual life. Martina Navratilova Billie Jean king Hugh Hefner I "...

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The Man Who Loved China (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 06 May 2008)

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6 May 2008

The Man Who Loved China (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 06 May 2008) 

Bestselling journalist Simon Winchester ’s new book, The Man Who Loved China , tells the true story of a Cambridge scientist who fell in love with a Chinese student in the 1930 and went on to devote his life to writing a whopping 17-volume history of China. Event : Simon Winchester will be speaking and signing books Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 pm Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble

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[15:09]..." Satellites can drop from and do you with a single orbiting Chinese Castro went up. And that's the sign in English outside which says. Without haste without fear. We shall conquer the world that we "...

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Political Wrap-Up (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 April 2008)

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23 Apr 2008

Political Wrap-Up (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 April 2008) 

WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein discusses yesterday's Pennsylvania primary with Michael Hagen Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University , and Melissa Harris-Lacewell , Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University.

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[13:21]..." right -- what you see is this EC Christian makes a cameo Fidel Castro and a summit in -- walking through the hills this is the first time. Then I can think and then I've been "...

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Sergio Ramirez on the History of Nicaragua (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 07 April 2008)

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7 Apr 2008

Sergio Ramirez on the History of Nicaragua (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 07 April 2008) 

Sergio Ramirez is a leading Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served as vice president of the country from 1984 until 1990. His book on the history of Nicaragua, Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea , has now been translated into English.

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[26:29]..." Yeah well partly because Castro -- in ill health and it's assumed that he'll die in something again will change there. In the case of Nicaragua interestingly "...

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Balancing the Orchestral Check Book (Soundcheck: Wednesday, 26 March 2008)

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26 Mar 2008

Balancing the Orchestral Check Book (Soundcheck: Wednesday, 26 March 2008) 

A new study by the Stanford Business School reports that most major symphony orchestras in the U.S. regularly spend more money than they take in, and some dip so far into endowments that they risk their long-term survival. Guests include the author of the study, Robert J. Flanagan , the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Labor Economics and Policy Analysis at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Also joining us is Deborah Borda, the president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Weigh in: Would you pay higher ticket prices to ensure the future of your local symphony orchestra?

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[6:42]..." they spend on fund -- that that does not hold for smaller Castro's. "...

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Open Phones: Your Under the Radar News (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 14 March 2008)

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14 Mar 2008

Open Phones: Your Under the Radar News (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 14 March 2008) 

Today is all about the stories that unfolded while the Spitzer scandal broke. We want to hear about what "under the radar" news stories you are hearing. Comment below on the international events that matter, the latest news from your block, cultural stories to keep an eye on... Be specific, and be unique!

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[2:06]..." announced his departure from the Bush Administration in 2007. And now when Fidel Castro released. Power in Cuba after fifty years in 2000 eight's infamous B when there we'll take time off again soon. "...

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Patrick Stewart as Macbeth (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 22 February 2008)

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4 Mar 2008

Patrick Stewart as Macbeth (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 22 February 2008) 

Patrick Stewart reinforces his reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of our time in his role in "Macbeth," now at BAM through March 22. The UK's Telegraph calls this production "brilliantly inventive, heart-stoppingly scary."

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[25:37]..." he is actually -- it's important that I mentioned as he's going Castro and he was born west of the panel lines which makes him a Lancashire -- I was born just that we weren't "...

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Dee Dee Myers on Why Women Should Rule the World (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 26 February 2008)

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26 Feb 2008

Dee Dee Myers on Why Women Should Rule the World (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 26 February 2008) 

Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers thinks that women should rule the world. In her new book, Why Women Should Rule the World , Ms. Myers explains why she says that with women in charge, businesses would be more profitable, communities would be healthier, and politics would be more collegial. Event : Dee Dee Myers will be in conversation with Tina Brown Tuesday, February 26 at 8 pm 92nd Street Y Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Y For tickets, call the Y at (212) 415-5500 or go here . Weigh in: How do you think the world would be different if more women were in positions of power in government and business? If you can't see the video click here var so = new SWFObject("http://www.youtube.com/v/YoXKNyr4ZFA", "mymovie", "390", "321", "7", "#FFFFFF");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");connect(window, 'onload', function() {so.write("ytcontent");});

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[25:54]..." don't. People you would have thought she was two -- with that Castro on the steps and capitalism was so shocking. And sometimes people complain that she's too formal them crying that she gets teary "...

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February 22, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 22 February 2008)

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22 Feb 2008

February 22, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 22 February 2008) 

Show Summary: The New York Times v McCain; Barack Obama's war of words; cartoonists and comedians struggle with satirizing Obama

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[31:35]..." reporter who journeyed -- the jungle and came up with this story Castro. This is on the media from -- "...

[40:24]..." keep up the conversation and on the media. Dot org. Cuba's president Fidel Castro resigned Tuesday after ruling for nearly half a century. But for a couple of years before he assumed power he was assumed to be dead until a crucial interview conducted in the jungle. The story goes like this it's February 1957. Ruby -- long time Cuba correspondent for the New York Times is approached by some men who say that Castro is not dead. But in hiding and seeking to meet with American journalist. Phillips declined Cuba had become her home and she knew she'd be deported she had pretty good access to the increasingly repressive Batiste regime. Since Castro was unlikely to win it didn't seem worth the risk but she cable at times. And urged Herbert L Mathews former war reporter turned aging editorial writer to come to Cuba right away he'd been there before and was eager for adventure he went. And that's where the story really begins his New York Times reporter Anthony DePalma relates in his book called. The man who invented Fidel Castro Cuba and Herbert -- Matthews of the New York Times. When we spoke to DePalma last year he told us that Matthews "...

[43:18]..." falls for him so what was the kind of stage management that Castro applied to the scene. They're basically sitting on -- law and for three hours Castro has at all prepared and lays out. An image of himself as a young democracy loving. Defender of the Cuban constitution. He "...

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