Trump's Miss Universe Connection, Embedding with Flint Police, Please Explain Burnout

Midday on WNYC | Feb 27, 2018

Jeffrey Toobin discusses his latest piece in The New Yorker, “The Miss Universe Connection," which examines the political ramifications of Trump's Miss Universe pageants, including the one he staged in Moscow in 2013. Filmmakers Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock talk about embedding with the police department in Flint, Michigan, and what their new series Flint Town reveals about the challenges of policing in the United States today. Psychologist Christina Maslach and journalists Moya Sarner and Alexandria Neason discuss the growing epidemic of burnout. 

This episode is guest hosted by Arun Venugopal. 

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