The Customized Life

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 17, 2012

How do you see life in your 20s? Meg Jay, psychologist and author of the new book, The Defining Decade, talks about the challenges facing twenty-somethings. Plus: Founder and CEO of Mobile Commons, Jed Alpert, on the mobile marketing revolution; and on the day after Tax Day we check in with David Leonhardt of The New York Times and Diane Brady of Bloomberg Businessweek on corporate tax rates, the Citi revolt, and the fate of the Buffett rule.

→ Texting Project: Text LIVE to 30644 – that’s LIVE to 30644 to answer a few questions about marriage, living together, and life in your 20s. That’s the subject of our conversation at 11:40. Standard message rates apply, of course.

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