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The Brian Lehrer Show | May 22, 2012

Nuns have been criticized by the Vatican for being “too liberal.”  Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest, and Sister Mary Johnson of Emmanuel College, discuss the roles of nuns today and respond to the criticism of their work. Plus: Jorge Ramos of Univision talks about political news; Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, discusses a new study on the effectiveness of public polls; and the Queens County Farm Museum is the next stop on the tour of tiny museums.

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