Inside the Worlds of Ben Carson and Marco Rubio. Plus, Why We Lie.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 2, 2015

New Yorker staff writers Evan Osnos and Kelefa Sanneh dissect two rising 2016 G.O.P. presidential candidates: Ben Carson and Marco Rubio. Actors Carson Elrod and Matthew Saldivar and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel talk about their play, "Important Hats of the Twentieth Century." Author Rick Moody discusses his new novel, which delves into the world of hotel reviews. Plus, behavioral scientist Dan Ariely explains the whole truth about why we lie in the latest edition of Please Explain!

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