We start off today's show with Selena Roberts, whose book on Alex Rodriguez is what every sports fan is talking about. Then, a discussion of the anxieties confronting modern motherhood. And, what the story of Ivar Kreuger - who made a fortune selling matchsticks in the Great Depression - can tell us about today’s scorched economy. Plus, our latest Underreported segments.
The Many Lives of A-Rod
Alex Rodriguez is the highest-paid player in the history of baseball, but his time on the diamond has not been without controversy. We’ll talk to Selena Roberts-- who broke the story in Sports Illustrated that A-Rod had used performance-enhancing drugs in February. Her book is called A-Rod: The Many ...
Bad Mother
Modern motherhood is riddled with anxiety. In her book, Bad Mother, Ayelet Waldman chronicles everything from balancing work and family, to the hysteria of competitive parenting to the relentless pursuits of what she calls the "Bad Mother police."
Event: Ayelet Waldman will be reading and signing books
Thursday, ...
The Match King
From the 1920's through the Great Depression, Ivar Kreuger made a fortune selling matches. His matchstick monopoly was one of the rare success stories of the period— but his business practices were more than questionable: shell companies, fudged accounting figures, off-balance-sheet accounting and even forgery. Frank Partnoy shows how Kreuger’s ...
Underreported: The Melting Polar Ice Cap Resource Bonanza
As the polar ice caps melt, scientists are mapping the floor of the Arctic Ocean – including the natural resources like natural gas and oil. On today's first Underreported, McKenzie Funk describes the Healy Mapping Mission and how countries around the world are trying to lay claim to what’s underneath ...
Underreported: Child Soldiers in Burma
It’s been a year since a massive cyclone devastated Burma. Though much of the country is still in ruins the Burmese Armed Forces and associated armed groups have continued a decades long low-level conflict with opposing groups. According to a new report put out by Watchlist the Burmese government is ...
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