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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Inside Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’

    For more than half a century, Atticus Finch has been a model of integrity and tolerance for millions of readers. Now that’s changed. In Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s follow up to To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus has turned into a racist.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 14, 2015 • 1 min read

    For more than half a century, Atticus Finch has been a model of integrity and tolerance for millions of readers. Now that’s changed. In Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s follow up to To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus has turned into a racist.

    The novel is finally on sale and it promises to be a huge best seller.

    We take a closer look at the book and the strange story of how Go Set a Watchman came to be.

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Iran Nuclear Deal, ‘Go Set a Watchman,’ Branding the Drought
    1. 0:00LA Responds to the Iran Nuclear Deal
    2. 9:08Fearing ‘The Really Big One’
    3. 20:03Inside Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’You’re reading this
    4. 29:11Branding the Drought
    5. 44:29Why Some Farmers Are Growing Tropical Fruits in Dry California
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Iran Nuclear Deal, ‘Go Set a Watchman,’ Branding the Drought
    1. 0:00LA Responds to the Iran Nuclear Deal
    2. 9:08Fearing ‘The Really Big One’
    3. 20:03Inside Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’You’re reading this
    4. 29:11Branding the Drought
    5. 44:29Why Some Farmers Are Growing Tropical Fruits in Dry California
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand