Highs and Lows

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
It's the beginning of a new decade. Advocate and author Ralph Nader proposes a utopian future; performer Anna Deveare Smith explores human resiliency; president and CEO of The Aspen Institute Walter Isaacson discusses leadership; Rufus Griscom, founder of the website babble.com talks about good and bad parenting; honoring Basement Bhangra; toxic waters; and name that decade.

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