Leonard Lopate Weekend: Wonder Woman, Prison Reform & Rachel Dratch!

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 31, 2014

This week: New Yorker contributor Jill Lepore shares the surprising history behind the iconic character Wonder Woman (First). Then, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative tells us why the criminal justice system treats the rich and guilty better than the poor and innocent (21:22). Plus Mario Correa and Rachel Dratch talk about the new show about real life political sex scandals, called "Tail! Spin!" (44:25)

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