Unveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS

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Friday, October 17, 2014

A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS.

Ferguson on the Map and in the Mind

In the months since Ferguson erupted in protest after Michael Brown's death, the town has become shorthand for myriad social ills. But what's been the impact on the community itself? 

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"You Can Win with the Media"

A course being offered in St Louis aims to ease tensions between law enforcement and the press.

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Not In The Supreme Court's Backyard

Bob speaks with New York Times Supreme Court correspondent, Adam Liptak, about the Supreme Court's commitment to keeping protesters off its plaza. 

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The Making of CitizenFour

Brooke speaks with New Yorker staff writer George Packer about profiling filmmaker Laura Poitras as she made the documentary CitizenFour, about Edward Snowden.

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The Medium is the Message at 50

Fifty years ago, Marshall McLuhan published Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. 

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McLuhanisms, 50 Years Later

Brooke speaks to Nicholas Carr about how Marshall McLuhan's theories have held up, 50 years later.

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