This week on The Confab: Join Staff Writer Jenée Desmond-Harris and Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta as they chat with NPR's Gene Demby and Diverse Issues in Higher Education's Autumn Arnett about black academic achievement, gun control and the "racist" Volkswagen Super Bowl ad.
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Other items discussed in the show:
Amy Davidson on Michelle Obama’s inauguration dress. Rosalynn Carter’s 1977 inaugural gown. Lady Bird Johnson’s inaugural look, in a gallery of first lady inaugural gowns, from the sublime to the not so. Jodi Kantor on how the past four years have changed the Obamas. Jennifer Senior’s New York magazine feature, “Why You Never Truly Leave High School.” Amanda Hess’s interview with porn writer and director Jacky St. James, and Amanda’s profile of porn star James
Amy Davidson on Michelle Obama’s inauguration dress. Rosalynn Carter’s 1977 inaugural gown. Lady Bird Johnson’s inaugural look, in a gallery of first lady inaugural gowns, from the sublime to the not so. Jodi Kantor on how the past four years have changed the Obamas. Jennifer Senior’s New York magazine feature, “Why You Never Truly Leave High School.” Amanda Hess’s interview with porn writer and director Jacky St. James, and Amanda’s profile of porn star James
*** all of our episodes are available on itunes...