Anonymous, Cooder, Excavator

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Kurt Andersen and philanthropist Peter Lewis talk about patrons. Stories peek behind the veil of secrecy and into the world of the anonymous donor, and discover how guitarist Ry Cooder fell in love with Cuban music, and got the rest the world to fall too. And in Design for the Real World, a vacuum cleaner innovator has a soft spot for his backhoe.

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