Congresswoman Cori Bush, Geena Davis, Full Bio, Working in the Alberta Oil Sands

Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush tells the story of how her experiences with homelessness, and with sexual and domestic violence, led her to a life of activism, and eventually politics. Bush joins us to discuss her new memoir, The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America.

Actor and activist Geena Davis has made a career out of playing strong women on screen, and advocating for women in all aspects of Hollywood. In her new memoir, Dying of Politeness, Davis recounts how she decided to become an actor, her career in the movies, and her fight for gender parity. Davis joins us to discuss.

EVENT: Geena Davis will be in conversation with Stephanie Ramos at the 92nd St Y tonight at 7 pm. 

We continue discussing this month's Full Bio, Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe, with biographer David Maraniss. Today, we discuss the beginning of his career as an athlete, his time in the Olympics, and the reason his medals were taken away, and ultimately returned.

After finding herself saddled with lots of student debt from her undergraduate degree, Kate Beaton decided to attempt to pay them off by working in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. But when she gets there, she finds herself shocked by the working conditions, racism and misogyny, and rampant corporate misconduct. Beaton recounts this time in her life in her new graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.