Franzen & Chocolate Genius

Studio 360

Kurt Andersen talks to novelist Jonathan Franzen about his new book, Freedom, and why families remain so central to his fiction. In Camden, New Jersey – a town plagued by blight and violence – folks behind a new theater hope it can help the city turn around. And the singer Chocolate Genius performs live in our studio.

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