Trevor Noah on Growing Up under Apartheid, The Risks of Rolling Back Water Laws

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 6, 2017

Comedian and Daily Show host Trevor Noah joins us to discuss his memoir Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri joins us to discuss her translation of Ties, a new novel by bestselling Italian novelist and screenwriter Domenico Starnone, winner of Italy's most prestigious literary award, The Strega. Actress, director, and producer Angelica Page joins us to discuss her one-woman show “Turning Page.” Professor of Law at UC Hastings, Dave Owen, joins us for a Please Explain on clean water regulations.

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