About this episode

This episode discusses significant historical events including the establishment of Miranda rights and the nomination of Thurgood Marshall, alongside a reading of Yeats' poem.

Miranda rights become a requirement, Thurgood Marshall is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, "The New York Times" starts publishing the Pentagon Papers, and it is the birthday of poet William Butler Yeats. This episode includes a reading of the poem by Yeats "When You Are Old."

People in this episode

Host: Jon Brown

Topics covered

• legal history
• Supreme Court
• journalism
• poetry
• civil rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times

Books & works: When You Are Old

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