Nick Hornby's New Novel. Bankrolling the Vatican.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 3, 2015

Michael Pillsbury, a consultant at the Department of Defense, discusses China's aspirations as a global superpower. Nick Hornby, author of the bestsellers High Fidelity, About a Boy, and How To Be Good, as well as screenwriter for Wild, discusses his latest novel Funny Girl. Guggenheim Museum senior curator Jeffrey Weiss discuss his new exhibit, “On Kawara – Silence.” Gerald Posner talks about the the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution, the Vatican, and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of it.

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