Confessions and Critiques

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Former Pfizer executive Peter Rost explains what led him to become a whistleblower, and take a stand against the pharmaceutical industry. Then, we examine the history of Arab nationalism on Backstory. And jazz greats Dave Douglas, Roy Campbell, and Henry Grimes pay tribute to trumpeter Don Cherry. Plus, the latest novel from Ngugi wa Thiong’o--one of Africa’s leading scholars.

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