The Turn for Trump in Democratic West Virginia, Emma Donoghue on 'The Wonder'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 11, 2016

Guest host Jonathan Capehart, columnist for The Washington Post and a contributor to MSNBC, is filling is today for Leonard.

New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar traveled to Logan County, West Virginia to find out why a state that used to vote solidly Democratic now supports Donald Trump. Executive producer Meredith Vieira and director Keith Maitland discuss their documentary, “Tower,” about the first mass school shooting in our nation’s history in 1966. Emma Donoghue talks about her new novel, The Wonder. Our Gurus of How-To, Al and Larry Ubell, are back to take your calls about home repairs!

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