Michael Stipe & Monopoly Redesigned

Studio 360 | May 19, 2011

R.E.M.’s enigmatic frontman Michael Stipe tells Kurt Andersen that the decision to pursue music as a teenager was “the most courageous act in my life.”  Alexandra Styron, the daughter of novelist William Styron, reexamines the life of the talented, tormented writer. And we reveal our version of the board game Monopoly, redesigned for the 21st century: it's called Boom.

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