Barbra Streisand, Juliana Hatfield's Election-Themed Album, Tom Hanks, Growing Up A Revolutionary

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 24, 2017

Barbra Streisand joins us to discuss her upcoming live performances at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 4th, and at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on May 6th. This is Streisand's first tour since 2012. Rock singer/songwriter Juliana Hatfield discusses her new album, "Pussycat," which was written as a reaction to the 2016 presidential election. Peter Andreas discusses his book, Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution. Andreas tells the story of his mother, Carol Andreas, who transformed from a 1950s housewife from a small Mennonite town in central Kansas to a radical feminist and Marxist revolutionary. Andreas traveled with his mother across the world as she joined different movements. Actor Tom Hanks and director/writer James Ponsoldt discuss their new film, “The Circle." The film follows a young tech employee who uncovers her company's questionable practices regarding privacy and surveillance.

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