Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Guest Host: Matthew Felling
From botox injections to hair replacement, Americans spend billions of dollars a year trying to look younger. But our pursuit of the fountain of youth has more than just economic repercussions. Benjamin Barber joins us to discusses how he thinks American consumerism is affecting our civic culture.
Guests
- Benjamin Barber Author of "Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole" (Norton); and Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society, University of Maryland
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