Join special guest host Jeffrey Toobin. Journalist Katherine Boo has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship for her work covering America’s disadvantaged citizens. She looks into welfare under the Bush administration. Then, John Barrett shares an inside account of FDR, That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Plus, Carlo Rotella on the art and skill in the world of boxing, Cut Time: An Education at the Fights. And Tim Wendel examines the history of Latinos in baseball, The New Face of Baseball.
Katherine Boo
Journalist Katherine Boo has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship for her work covering America’s disadvantaged citizens. She looks into welfare under the Bush administration.
Music: Erin Brockovich Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
Music: Erin Brockovich Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
John Barrett
John Barrett with an inside account of FDR, That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal
Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal
Carlo Rotella
Carlo Rotella on the art and skill in the world of boxing, Cut Time: An Education at the Fights.
Music: Marcus Miller "Power" and "Cousin John"
Music: Marcus Miller "Power" and "Cousin John"
Tim Wendel
Tim Wendel examines the history of Latinos in baseball, The New Face of Baseball.
Music: Field of Dreams Soundtrack composer James Horner
Music: Field of Dreams Soundtrack composer James Horner
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