Taking Your Calls about Job Hunting and Race in America After Ferguson | The Leonard Lopate Show

4 segments

Pro Tips to Grab a New Gig for the New Year 28 min

Timothy Spall On Portraying The Eccentric, Brilliant Painter J.M.W. Turner 21 min

Christopher Scotton's New Novel About Teen Friendship Amidst an Appalachian Town in Peril 14 min

Michael Brown, Sr. On How The World Has, And Has Not, Changed After The Death of His Son 33 min

Michael Brown Sr. wipes the top of the vault during the funeral for his son Michael Brown at St. Peters Cemetery on August 25, 2014 in St. Louis Missouri.

Human resources executive Victoria Humphrey offers advice for first time job hunters. Timothy Spall discusses his lead role as the eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner in the film “Mr. Turner.” Christopher Scotton talks about his novel The Secret Wisdom of the Earth. Michael Brown, Sr. will discuss his son, the events that continue to unfold in Ferguson and around the country, and the perpetual tension that comes from being a black parent in America, with Esquire writer-at large John Richardson.