How to be Brave

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 19, 2013

Polly Morland, documentary filmmaker and the author of The Society of Timid Souls: or, How To Be Brave (Crown, 2013), talks about her exploration of bravery and how people find it.

Excerpt: The Society of Timid Souls: Or, How to Be Brave

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