An inmate at Rikers Island

Escaping North Korea, Surviving Rikers Island

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 6, 2015

Hyeonseo Lee on escaping North Korea as a teenager, and returning to save her mother and brother as an adult. Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker on the superhuman activity that is flying in planes. Aatish Taseer on his new novel, The Way Things Were. Reporters Dana Goldstein, Alysia Santo, and Christie Thompson on life at Rikers Island.

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