Drugs, Draughts, Darwin and Dating

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

On today’s show: We’ll learn about the drug war in Colombia through the eyes of a journalist who was held captive by Marxist narco-paramilitary forces there. Then, two of the stars of Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” Plus, we’ll celebrate the shared birthday of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin with Adam Gopnik. And this weeks Please Explain is all about internet dating.

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