British punk rock band the Sex Pistols are seen in 1977. From left to right: Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones.

Leonard Lopate Weekend: Off the Grid, Organizing Like Bernie, A Sex Pistol

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 20, 2017

Mark Sundeen, author and correspondent for Outside, joins us to discuss his new book, "The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today’s America" about American families who have pursued alternative ways of living, in some cases off the grid. Activists Becky Bond and Zack Exley, two of the Bernie Sanders campaign’s top advisors, join us to discuss their new book, "Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything." Steve Jones joins us to discuss his new book, Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol.

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