'Eighteen years old and on my way in the modeling world, with my proud mom.'- Beverly Johnson

Rising To The Cover of Vogue, Falling After the Death of a Brother

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 9, 2015

Leslie Michelson advises how to be a smarter health care consumer. Beverly Johnson chronicles her rise to becoming the first black supermodel to grace the cover of Vogue. David Payne discusses his downward spiral after the death of his brother. Jada Yuan talks about her profiles of men who were exonerated after spending decades in prison and what their first week on the outside was like.

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