Leonard Lopate Weekend: Pope Francis' Life, Satirist Tim Minchin, & Margo Jefferson Grows Up In Elite Chicago

The smiling Pope Francis at the start if his homily during Mass at Manila Cathedral in the Philippines, January 2015.

This week: Writer Paul Vallely digs into Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s past and chronicles his extraordinary transformation into becoming Pope Francis with guest host Arun Venugopal (first). Then Australian satirist Tim Minchin tells guest host Arun Venugopal about his experience adapting Roald Dahl's "Matilda" into a Tony Award-winning musical (35:11). Plus, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson talks about growing up in an upper-class black enclave in Chicago (49:13).