Hearts & Minds in New Jersey

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
In his new novel, The Terrorist, John Updike imagines a homegrown Islamic terror plot brewing in northern New Jersey. Plus: Democratic Senator Bob Menendez talks about the non-fiction battle for control of Congress being waged in New Jersey right now; the latest installment of “The Border” our ongoing series on immigration tackles whether migration is a human right and two documentary filmmakers take us on the odyssey not only of immigration reform but their attempt at making a movie about it.

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