September 12, 2019

#1572: A Conversation With Ruth Bader Ginsburg At UB Law School

On this week’s 51%, we’ll spend the show with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She talks about her decision to enter law school, cases such as the US v. Virginia (which allowed women into Virginia Military Institute), and more.

#1708: Russell Banks “Foregone” | The Book Show

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#1708: Russell Banks "Foregone" | The Book Show

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This week, Russell Banks discusses his new book, Foregone. In the book, we meet leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife. Fife is one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now, in his late seventies, he is dying of cancer and has agreed to a final interview […]