The quest to avoid a bad hair day can send some women to the edge of obsession. In her new book, sociologist Rose Weitz explores the cultural significance of women’s relationship with their hair. Also, the 9/11 commission and the origin of Tom Kean’s accent.
Shot in the Clarke
John Dickerson White House correspondent for Time Magazine looks at the substance and the politics of the 9/11 commission
Puhfect Together
William Labov Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the landmark study, The Social Stratification of English in New York City, 1966
Open Phones
Listeners chime in on the 9/11 commission
Bad Hair Day
Rose Weitz Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Arizona State University Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's Lives (Farrar Straus & Giroux) on the importance of hair
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