Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Ballet Free Agency, Americans and the Booker Prize, and More
Free agency is a common term in sports circles. Now, it's becoming part of the conversation in the world of ballet as well. Today on Press Play, we discuss that, and we look at what happened when Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution for six years.
By Madeleine Brand • • 53m ListenDefense attorneys are crying “objection!” about prosecutors reading private email sent from federal prisoners to attorneys. The Man Booker Prize announced its long list today, and it includes American writers for the first time. Police officers are writing candidly in online message boards about the case of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a chokehold by NYPD officers. From 2003 - 2009 Rhode Island inadvertently legalized indoor prostitution. Two researchers studied the impacts and found that fewer rapes happened across the state. And finally, two of the world’s greatest ballet dancers appear this weekend at Orange County’s Segerstrom Center.
Banner Image: Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova Photo by: Stas Levshin
