Exploring Muslim Identity in Theater, Comedy, and Revolution

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 19, 2015

Aasif Mandvi fills in for Leonard as today's guest host! He's an actor and a comedian best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show.

Journalist Thanassis Cambanis discusses two different paths to revolution in Cairo. Pulitzer Prize Winner Ayad Akhtar talks about moving his play "Disgraced," to Broadway. Corey Powell dives into the new, terrestrial findings that give us clues about what aliens might look like. And, Muslim-American comedian Dean Obeidallah talks comedy and religion!

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