American Debt, How-To Holiday Prep Tips, and Mark Morris' Re-imagined Nutcracker.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 4, 2015

Eula Biss, who wrote the cover story for The New York Times Magazine, "White Debt," discusses reckoning with what is owed for racial privilege. Historian and author Kate Clifford Larson talks about her biography of the hidden Kennedy daughter and her influence on the family. Mark Morris on bringing back "The Hard Nut" (his re-imagining of "The Nutcracker") to BAM after a 5-year absence. Plus, Alvin and Lawrence Ubell, the self-appointed "Gurus of How-To," help you prepare your home for winter, and deal with holiday lights!

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