A People's History

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

It happened in Philly. Guest host Julie Burstein looks into November's week-long transit strike in Philadelphia and its effects on that city. Also: the contributions that ordinary people have made to the advancement of science. Plus an anthropologist explains how reindeer help Siberia's Eveny people survive in the coldest inhabited region of the planet. And we'll find out what young girls need to know about becoming dancers. Finally, on our lastest edition of Please Explain, we'll try to understand autoimmune diseases.

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