Inside the Most Polarizing Presidential Election, 'Supermensch' Shep Gordon

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 23, 2016

Filmmaker Michael Kirk investigates the long paths that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have taken to get to this point in his new Frontline documentary, "The Choice 2016." Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hisham Matar talks about his memoir, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between. Icelandic author Sjón talks about his new novel, Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was. Manager, producer and Hollywood talent agent Shep Gordon on his memoir, They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock'n'Roll.

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