Militarizing Local Police Departments, Jamie Lee Curtis, Stinging Insects

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 29, 2016

Director Craig Atkinson talks about his film, "Do Not Resist," which examines the militarization of the police in the United States, beginning in Ferguson, Missouri. Actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis talks about her career and her latest children's book, This is Me. Journalist Lauren Collins discusses her book, When in French: Love in a Second Language. Find out why some insects sting, and what happens to us when they do on today's Please Explain with biologist Justin Schmidt. 

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