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The Leonard Lopate Show | May 6, 2011

On today's show: We'll find out how Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ate jockeying for power. Alan and Susan Raymond discuss their documentary “Journey Into Dyslexia.”  Then actor, writer, and comedian Paul Reiser talks about the challenges and humor of being married with children, the subject of his new book Familyhood. And writer, actor, and director Albert Brooks talks about his career and his new novel, set in the future.

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