Second Acts

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
On today’s show: Why is the New York Times, America's newspaper of record, in financial trouble ? We’ll get some answers from Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Bowden. Then, Kathie Lee Gifford on her life. And, Playwright Christopher Durang on his new satire “Why Torture is Wrong.” Plus, word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your grammar questions.

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