Brian Lehrer Weekend: After Kyle Rittenhouse, What About Chrystul Kizer?; The Challenges of Starting a (Remote) Career; Barbados is Now a Republic

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 3, 2021

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Kami Chavis, director of the criminal justice program at Wake Forest Law, and Jessica Contrera, reporter for The Washington Post, on the case of Chrystul Kizer and why some claims of self-defense work better than others in court and in the media. (First) | Anne Helen Petersen, who writes the newsletter Culture Study, on what starting a career during the pandemic has been like for young remote workers. (starts around 37:21)| Kobie Broomes, first vice president of the Barbados Youth Development Council, on Barbados becoming a Republic. (starts around 1:10)  

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