Rikers Health Care; Sharing Economy; Trans Follow Up

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 11, 2015

A new report shows lapses in oversight of the company that provides health care at Rikers Island. The commissioner of the Department of Investigation, Mark Peters, explains the report's startling findings and what the city plans to do about it. Plus: the Obama administration's attempt to help the Iraqis take back the city of Ramadi from ISIS; calls from trans listeners on what it means to be a man or a woman; how the sharing economy is changing capitalism; and the Apollo's Women of the World festival.

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