What Went Wrong in Afghanistan, Novelist Richard Russo's Sequel to 'Nobody's Fool'

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 5, 2016

Journalist Christina Lamb spent 13 years reporting in Afghanistan and Pakistan and discusses her work in, Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World. Novelist Richard Russo revisits the characters of North Bath, New York in Everybody's Fool. Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, reveals how pioneers in virtual reality are transforming entertainment. Jan Vilcek, renowned immunologist and professor of Microbiology at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses his memoir, Love and Science.  

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