Changing the World

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Dr. D. A. Henderson talks about leading the World Health Organization's efforts to eradicate smallpox. Four decades after the moon landing, we get an account of the Apollo 11 mission. Then, Malachy McCourt on the career and life of his brother Frank McCourt, who passed away this weekend. Plus, political scientist Seth Jones on the reinvigorated Afghan insurgency and the future of America's interests in central Asia.

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