Gut Reactions

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 8, 2011

Former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole and now co-author of Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us discusses the best way to profile a suspect. Also: John Petro of the Drumm Major Institute on why he thinks the new Cuomo tax plan will harm funding for city services and help the wealthy; Henry Louis Gates Jr. continues a weekly series on African-American history; and the role of violence interrupters on the streets.

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