Common Threads

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Guest host Katherine Lanpher asks Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdum what studying the similarities between George W. and George H.W. Bush reveals about their presidencies. Then, we’ll hear the true story of a 22-year-old business woman who made her fortune in the New World in the 1600s. And jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi will be here. Plus, word maven Patricia T. O'Conner takes your calls.

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