Philip Galanes Repairs Your Relationships Post-Election , Larry Wilmore & Pamela Adlon on Comedy Writing

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 31, 2016

New York Times "Social Q's" columnist Philip Galanes is here to help you repair relationships with friends, family and coworkers that may have been damaged by the election. In "Playing Through the Whistle," sports journalist S.L. Price explores how a declining Pennsylvania steel town became legendary for producing gifted football players. Margot Livesey discusses her new novel, Mercury, about a woman who becomes obsessed with a young thoroughbred horse. Larry Wilmore, Alan Zweibel and Pamela Adlon discuss the art of comedy writing.

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