The Power and the Glory

Alan Schroeder, professor of journalism at Northeastern University, joins Leonard to talk about the confluence of politics and celebrity, and how the images of the candidates will impact the presidential debates. And editor Jonathan Safran Foer and contributor Sarah Vowell imagine a Future Dictionary of America. The book, a new McSweeney’s collection featuring over 150 writers, is intended to forward progressive causes during the 2004 presidential elections. Finally, Norman Sherry discusses his definitive three volume biography of the life and times of Graham Greene.