Actors David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike in 'A United Kingdom' (reprinted with permission from 20th Century Fox)

Leonard Lopate Weekend: David Oyelowo, Dr. Danielle Ofri, Derek Thompson

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 10, 2017

Director Amma Asante and actor David Oyelowo discuss their new film, “A United Kingdom,” based on the true story of the first president of Botswana. Dr. Danielle Ofri, an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine who cared for patients at Bellevue Hospital for over two decades, joins us to discuss her new book What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear. Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson joins us to discuss his book Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in the Age of Distraction.

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