'Patrice' and 'Blink' Documentaries; Get Lit with Erik Larson and Sons of Town Hall

Beloved New Jersey crossing guard Patrice Jetter is thrilled when she falls in love with Gary. The couple can't wait to marry. The problem? They both have disabilities, and if they decide to marry, their government benefits will be cut. A new documentary, "Patrice: The Movie" follows the couple's attempts to fight back against these rules. Director Ted Passon and subject Patrice Jetter join us to discuss the film, which is available to stream now on Hulu.

A new documentary follows a couple who learn that three of their four children have retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable condition which means they will soon lose all of their eyesight. The couple decides to pull their kids from school and journey around the world, showing them all the things that soon they will no longer be able to see. Subjects and partners Edith Lemay and Sébastien Pelletier  and co-director Edmund Stenson join us to discuss the film "Blink,"  which premieres in theaters today.

Get Lit is back! We kick off our fall season with best-selling author and historian Erik Larson. He joined us for a live, in-person event to discuss his latest history of the Civil War, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War.

We air highlights of the performance half of our September Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Erik Larson. Songwriter and author David Berkeley and songwriter and producer Ben Parker make up the band Sons of Town Hall. The 19th-century inspired duo perform timeless folk music under the aliases George Ulysses Brown and Josiah Chester Jones. We present our interview with Sons of Town Hall and a special live performance.