Putting It Together

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 21, 2012

On today’s show: Ro Khanna, the former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, discusses the importance of manufacturing to America’s future. American tenor Matthew Polenzani and director Barlett Sher discuss their roles in the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. Andy Borowitz, creator of the Borowitz Report, talks about the presidential election so far. Please Explain is all about new technologies for prosthetics.

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