The Possibilities of Single Payer Healthcare, a "Baby Driver," Channeling Zero Mostel, Eric Foner Liberates History

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 26, 2017

Economist Robert Pollin discusses his study on a proposed California single payer healthcare system. Edgar Wright looks at fast cars and romance in 'Baby Driver.' Jim Brochu talks about playing a theater legend Zero Mostel. Historian Eric Foner explores the hidden history of radicalism in America.

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