Put Yourself Out There

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 25, 2011

Democratic Congressman from Ohio Dennis Kucinich has been travelling in Washington state and is considering relocating there to run for office. Hear why. Plus: Nate Silver who writes the FiveThirtyEight politics blog at the New York Times discusses yesterday's special election in New York's 26th Congressional District; Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, and author of Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do), makes the case for exposing your kids to danger; and Slate film critic Dana Stevens previews the summer movie season.

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