Resistance, Disbelief, and Daniel Handler's New Novel

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 3, 2015

Steve Fraser explores the decline of American resistance to organized wealth and power. Michael Meyer on witnessing the transformation of rural China. Washington Post science writer Joel Achenbach tries to explain why reasonable people doubt science, from his National Geographic cover story, “The War on Science.” Daniel Handler discusses his new novel, We Are Pirates, for The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club

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