How Amazon Is Transforming Publishing and Hollywood; "The Standys"; a Farm-to-Table Meal

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 18, 2014

On tomorrow’s show, New Yorker staff writer George Packer talks about how Amazon has transformed the world of publishing and how it’s now taking on Hollywood. Director Stephanie Riggs on the new documentary, “The Standbys,” about the lives and careers of the Broadway understudies. And we’ll be joined by Ben Crawford and Alena Watters, who are featured in the film. Kurt Timmermeister brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “farm-to-table,” and he tells the story of one meal, made using only ingredients grown on his Washington State farm.

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