Pipeline Explosions, Iconic Photographer Harry Benson, Sleep Disorders

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 6, 2016

Journalist Christopher Leonard and senior fellow at the New America Foundation investigated the recent Colonial Pipeline explosion in Alabama that disrupted the energy supply along the Eastern seaboard. Kira Pollack, the director of photography and visual enterprise at TIME magazine, on 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time. Photographer Harry Benson, the subject of the documentary, “Harry Benson: Shoot First” discusses the film along with director Matthew Miele. Today's Please Explain takes a deep dive into insomnia and sleep disorders with Dr. Rafael Pelayo of the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine. 

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