Learning From the Past

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 27, 2011

Former Senator from Indiana Evan Bayh talks about what he thinks of the partisan politics in Washington and why he wanted to leave Congress. Plus: Part two of WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang’s investigative report on stop-and-frisks by the NYPD; NY Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson on her proposed domestic violence offender database; new media and old media roles in the uprisings in the Arab world; and cult film director and author John Waters.

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