The Cost of Prescription Drugs; Pianist Jeremy Denk Plays Bach; Counting Species in Central Park; Hackers on Trial; Attica Riots

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 30, 2013

New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal explains why more and more Americans are turning to foreign pharmacies, where prescription drugs are much cheaper. Pianist and 2013 MacArthur Fellow Jeremy Denk performs live in our studio. We'll find out about the Central Park Bioblitz—a census of plant and animal life found there. And we’ll find out why, out of thousands of hackers, 14 are going on trial for targeting PayPal in December 2010. And we’ll find out about NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s efforts to unseal documents about the riot at Attica prison in 1971.

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