Gold Mine

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
What a year for political reporting 2008 has been! We talk about the best political writing of the past year. Also: find out about a spectacular hoax that was perpetrated in 1830s New York City, when many New Yorkers became convinced that the moon was inhabited. Then, a look at the history of cemeteries in America. And we hear an insider's perspective of the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein.

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