Today, on Leonard Lopate at Large, fresh of the heels of Amazon’s retreat from building a new facility in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens after widespread local opposition, Glenn Greenwald considers the role that the man at the heart of a surveillance scandal has had in funding government efforts on the same front.
“Amazon, the company that has made Jeff Bezos the planet’s richest human being, is a critical partner for the U.S. Government in building an ever-more invasive, militarized and sprawling surveillance state.” Read more in Glenn Greenwald’s latest article for The Intercept, the publication he co-founded.
On Leonard Lopate at Large today, Leonard has a conversation with Joe Strupp on the powerful themes Joe explores in the book "Killing Journalism:...
Today, Leonard has a conversation with Monona Rossol, chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist, and the founder and of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, Inc.,...
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, documentary filmmaker Anthony Muscato on “The Mooch.” When a documentary filmmaker chooses to present their story in an...