Smartphone Sweatshops, What You Haven't Heard from Michael Wolff Yet, What's the Word of the Year?

Midday on WNYC | Jan 9, 2018

Journalist Michelle Chen talks about her recent investigation for The Nation, “Was Your Smartphone Built in a Sweatshop?” Author Michael Wolff discusses his new book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House." Novelist Christopher Yates talks about his second book "Grist Mill Road." Wall Street Journal language columnist Ben Zimmer discusses the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year voting. 

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