March 25th Show
In our first hour, we will be joined by Douglas Blackmon, the Atlanta bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal. Blackmon will talk about his book Slavery by Another Name, where he argues that slavery did not end with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, but in fact continued for another 80 years, a period which Blackmon calls an "Age of Neoslavery." Following that, we'll talk with Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum about why she feels women see their sexuality as their only currency. Daum's column appeard in the March 15th edition of the L.A. Times entitled, "Raunch is rebranded as 'confidence.'"
We'll talk about the psychology of a rumor in the second hour and how our brains distinguish truth from fiction. According to an article written by guest Farhad Manjoo for the New York Times, "repetition, psychologists have shown, easily tricks us... if one person tells you that something is true many times, you are likely to conclude that the opinion is widely held, even if no one else said a thing about it." Tell us your story. Have you ever been subject to a rumor? How did you handle it? At the end of the hour, we'll talk with author Neal Pollack about his recent experience as a spectator in the "all-you-can-eat" bleacher seats at Dodger Stadium. (Sorry. Beer not included.)
12:19 PM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink
