Amy Siskind Chronicles Trump's First Year, "U-God" on the Wu-Tang Clan, Can We Fix Our Bail System?

Midday on WNYC | Mar 26, 2018

Amy Siskind, President and Co-founder of The New Agenda, discusses her new book The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year. Wu-Tang Clan’s founding member, Lamont "U-God" Hawkins discusses his memoir Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang. Tara Westover talks about her journey from a survivalist family in Idaho to world-class academia, in her new memoir Educated. WNYC Senior Reporter, Beth Fertig explains what's wrong with cash bail in New York City, and whether proposed reforms can fix it.

This episode is guest hosted by Hari Kondabolu.

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