In Search of Memory

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Eric Kandel explains the latest in the science of remembering. Then, noted literary editor Starling Lawrence describes his new novel. And we'll hear about ten historic events that unexpectedly changed America. Plus, General Anthony Zinni argues that everything the U.S. military learned in the past 40 years has been ignored in Iraq.

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