Kevin Kline and Communication

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 25, 2011

On today’s show: Academy- and Tony-award winner Kevin Kline talks about his latest movie, “Queen to Play,” where he speaks only in French. Howard Jacobson tells us about his Booker Prize winning novel The Finkler Question. We’ll speak with two severely autistic men who have learned to communicate through computers, and to the director of a new documentary they’re featured in.  Plus, Please Explain is all about anger!

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