Leonard Lopate Weekend: Kliph Nesteroff, The Daily Show's Hasan Minhaj, and Understanding Inequality

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 13, 2015

Kliph Nesteroff explores the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past hundred years (first). "The Daily Show" correspondent Hasan Minhaj discusses his one man show, "Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King" (34:26). Sir Michael Marmot on inequality's role in health outcomes (50:58).

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