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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Chang-Rae Lee: The Future of Rich and Poor?

    Author Chang-Rae Lee's new book, On Such a Full Sea , imagines a world when the rich have totally segregated themselves and everyone else is on their own. Madeleine talks to Lee about how income inequality has crept into his work and whether we're having a cultural moment based on the divide.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Author Chang-Rae Lee's new book, On Such a Full Sea, imagines a world when the rich have totally segregated themselves and everyone else is on their own. Madeleine talks to Lee about how income inequality has crept into his work and whether we're having a cultural moment based on the divide. Lee joins us as part of our Fault Lines series looking at the income divide in LA and beyond.

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    2. 17:17Lab Rats: Space Jump Edition
    3. 25:40Chang-Rae Lee: The Future of Rich and Poor?You’re reading this
    4. 39:22The Geopolitics of Foreign Film Oscars
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Chang-rae Lee

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Aging Facebook, Selling Science, and a Dystopic Income Gap
    1. 0:00Aging Facebook
    2. 17:17Lab Rats: Space Jump Edition
    3. 25:40Chang-Rae Lee: The Future of Rich and Poor?You’re reading this
    4. 39:22The Geopolitics of Foreign Film Oscars
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