Exploring Humanity

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
A science writer takes us on a tour of the pre-frontal cortex—a region of the brain that controls many of the traits that make humans unique. Later on, Jane Smiley shares her new novel Ten Days in the Hills. Plus, we talk to the director of an Oscar-nominated documentary about pedophilia among priests. And Al and Larry Ubell, the Gurus of How-To, take your calls.

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