I'll Be Your Private Funder

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Private foundations in America give away about 35 billion dollars each year. We'll look into how money from people like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates is changing the world. Also, a new biography of Thomas Hardy. A German filmmaker looks back on life in East Berlin in the days of the Stasi. And on Please Explain: all about radiology. Ever wonder how x-rays make images of your bones?
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