The Unstoppable Man

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 5, 2011

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is using his private money to fight poverty. Joyce Purnick, longtime New York Times political writer and author of Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics, talks about New York City when it no longer has a billionaire mayor. Plus: New York Magazine’s John Heilemann on the latest from the 2012 GOP Presidential race; photojournalist Joao Silva on going back to work with prosthetic legs; and how public transportation makes money.

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