Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Sandy Hanna discusses reliving her unique childhood experience in “The Ignorance of Bliss.”
Sandy Hanna’s biography “The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon” recounts her experience of moving to Saigon, Vietnam when she was 10 years old, where her father served as a military advisor to the South Vietnamese Army.
From the crushing poverty and extraordinary beauty that was Saigon in the 1960s, Sandy discovered a world of streets, villas and brothels, where politics and intrigue were the order of the day.
Today on Leonard Lopate at Large, Carmen Gentile talks about the difficult experiences that he chronicles in “Blindsided by the Taliban” . On September...
Prize-winning concert pianist and exceptional raconteur James Irsay makes music exciting! On today’s show Leonard interviews WBAI show host James Irsay! James specializes in...
On today’s Leonard Lopate At Large Leonard talks with Director Frances Causey and producer Sally Holst: “The Long Shadow.” Of all the divisions in...