In a ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court made it easier for older workers to sue employers for age discrimination. NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Slate's Emily Bazelon about the decision.
Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).