Agent of Change

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 23, 2011

Kati Marton, Richard Holbrooke’s widow, joins David Rohde and James Traub to talk about the legacy of the renowned American diplomat. Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn’s son Ignat Solzhenitzyn discusses the recent translation of Apricot Jam, a collection of his father’s stories. We’ll look at the life and times of Lillian Lorraine, a Ziegfeld Follies girl who became an actress. And we’ll examine the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian oligarch who turned against Putin’s regime and wound up in prison.

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