Andy Borowitz Guest Hosts: DC's Media Industrial Complex; Jeff Garlin; Protecting the Jersey Shore; Difficult Men on TV

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 12, 2013

Andy Borowitz fills in as guest host. Mark Leibovich discusses Washington DC’s “media industrial complex.” Jeff Garlin from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” talks about directing and starring in the new film “Dealin with Idiots.” We’ll take a look at efforts to protect the Jersey Shore from the next storm. Brett Martin on the creative television revolution of the late 1990s and 2000s and the writers behind it.

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