Goldman Sachs in The White House, the 'Cost of Living', How Behavior Goes Viral

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 28, 2017

William D. Cohan's latest piece for Vanity Fair on how Goldman Sachs went from avoiding investing in Trump, to filling his cabinet. Katy Sullivan and Victor Williams talk about their roles in "Cost of Living," a new play at the Manhattan Theater Club. Victor Lodato's new novel Edgar and Lucy looks at how a young boy interprets the world and the sometimes traumatic events that define it. Lee Daniel Kravetz explores the theory that ideas, emotions and actions are communicable is his book Strange Contagion.

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