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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Justice Divide, the Latest Movies & the Final Member

    Matt Taibbi discusses his new book 'The Divide,' Piketty's economics tome makes it big, and we take a look at this week's movies, including 'The Final Member.'

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 25, 2014 • 52m Listen

    In his new book, The Divide, Matt Taibbi looks at the unequal treatment meted out to rich and poor in the American justice system. And a new economics tome about global wealth inequality, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, has become a surprise bestseller. In our weekly movie segment, we preview Brick Mansions, one of Paul Walker’s last films; Blue Ruin, an indie thriller that went over big at Cannes; and other new releases. And The Final Member is a movie about the world’s only penis museum in a small town in Iceland, and its curator’s efforts to add the final member to his collection: a human penis.

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