Sarah Paulson & Mark Duplass on 'Blue Jay.' Solving Our City's Notorious Rat Problem

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 5, 2016

Comedian Neal Brennan, our guest host, will be filling in for Leonard while he's away. 

Why the latest cutting-edge research on rats suggests that there may be a way to curb their population in New York City once and for all. Director Richard Wormser on his film “American Reds,” about the American Communist Party between 1930 and 1960. Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass star in the film “Blue Jay,” directed by Alex Lehmann. Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC’s On the Media, talks about the show's new five-part series: “Busted: America’s Poverty Myths."

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