Ta-Nehisi Coates' Letters to His Son; Turning Loss Into a Lesson

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 20, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his new memoir, which reads as a series of letters to his teenage son about living in a black, male body. Plus: infighting in the GOP and the looming debate in Congress over the Iran Deal; a proposed bill to limit the expansion of Uber in New York City; and lessons on how to turn setbacks and failures into important learning moments.

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