Harsh Medicine

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Paul von Zielbauer uncovers some unsettling cases of neglect and mistreatment in New York’s prisons in a three-part series on prison health care for the New York Times. Then, James Earl Jones and Leslie Uggams tell us about their roles in a new Broadway production of On Golden Pond. Next we’ll hear from three generations of jazz musicians in the same family: Roy Haynes, Craig Haynes, and Marcus Gilmore. Finally, Rabbi Nosson Scherman discusses his work editing the most comprehensive English translation of the Talmud ever completed.

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