This tax day, we’ll explore some examples of really bad bookkeeping. Director Alex Gibney and author Peter Elkind disentangle the messy chain of events that led to the Enron scandal in a new film, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.” Then, Pulitzer Prize-winner Buzz Bissinger and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expound on the meaning of baseball. And in our regular Please Explain feature, Don Kroodsma tells us why birds sing, and what they’re really saying.
The Smartest Guys in the Room
Director Alex Gibney joins Peter Elkind, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room, to discuss a new movie account of one of the biggest corporate scandals in recent memory: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room."
Music: "Betty’s Lament" by Isan
Music: "Betty’s Lament" by Isan
3 Nights in August
Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, turns his attention to baseball with 3 Nights in August--a new book about one three-game series between the Cardinals and Cubs in 2003. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa joins him for a look back at those games, and a discussion of the ...
The Art and Science of Birdsong
This week, our regular Please Explain feature is for the birds. We’ll find out why birds sing, and what they’re communicating with their songs. Don Kroodsma, author of The Singing Life of Birds, gives us some insight on our feathered friends.
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