Osama bin Laden's still image on Al-Jazeera, November 2007

Rise and Fall

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 2, 2012

On today’s show: Andrew Nagorski discusses how American journalists and writers in Germany viewed the rise of Adolf Hitler. Peter Bergen talks about the 10-year search for Osama bin Laden, and what led to his finally being discovered in Abbottabad last year. A History of the World in 100 Objects is about a shadow puppet. Our latest Backstory segment takes a look at the troubles facing Rupert Murdoch.

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