(3/29) Join us when acclaimed author, Buddy Levy examines River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon, a thrilling account from one of history's greatest adventures of discovery. Levy shares the narrative non-fiction, based on historical facts and research of a legendary 16th-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon - river of darkness, pathway to gold. Buddy Levy is an author of eight books reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and Library Journal; co-star, for 25 episodes, on the HISTORY Channel’s docu-series DECODED, and on-camera expert on the 4-part TV Series THE FRONTIERSMEN: The Men Who Built America, on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM.