Deep Down

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
On today’s show, we’ll look into what a yearlong investigation has revealed about secret prisons in military bases in Afghanistan. Then, Alex Lemon discusses being afflicted with strokes and undergoing brain surgery while he was still a college freshman. Also, science journalist Jeff Wise tells us about the latest research about how our brains respond to fear. Plus, our latest Underreported segment looks at child trafficking in Haiti. And, on Backstory, we look at the issues surrounding "corporate personhood."

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