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The Leonard Lopate Show
Norman Lear's Storytelling, the Brooklyn Museum's Killer Heels

Norman Lear, creator of the iconic television shows "All in the Family," "Maude," "Good Times," and "The Jeffersons," tells us about his difficult childhood and how he became one of America’s greatest storytellers. Betty Halbreich, the legendary personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, talks about giving socialites, stars, and ordinary women advice about clothes and life. Then we’ll find out about the exhibition "Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe," on view at the Brooklyn Museum. Former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert talks about traveling across the country to report on Americans left behind after the Great Recession.