Paving the Way For Marriage Equality. Surviving Sandy Hook.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 2, 2015

Lawyer Roberta Kaplan explains what drove her to take on and eventually defeat the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Baseball legend Bob Gibson discusses his new book that gives a play-by-play of his famous 1968 strikeout streak during Game 1 of the World Series. Kaitlin Roig-Debellis, a first-grade teacher who survived the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, opens up about moving forward after living through such a harrowing experience. And New Yorker writer Larissa MacFarquhar explains the ethical and moral issues that arise when people's altruistic nature gets out of hand.

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