Farewell shot of crescent Uranus as Voyager 2 departs. January 25, 1986. Range 600,000 miles.

So Long, Farewell

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 4, 2012

Do we short-change good-byes to start anew? MacArthur prize-winning sociologist and Harvard education professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot asks this question in her new book Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free, as she explores how we leave one thing and move on to the next.

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