"Libel Tourism" + Everyday Survival

"LIBEL TOURISM": American courts have traditionally established a high bar for proving libel or slander. So a growing number of potential plaintiffs are heading overseas to sue Americans in foreign courts. Critics call it "libel tourism". Now American lawmakers are close to passing a proposal that would prevent it. Kojo gets an update on the debate, and speaks with a journalist who found herself on the wrong end of an international libel lawsuit. (19 min.) EVERYDAY SURVIVAL: For three decades, Laurence Gonzales has studied what happens when ordinary people survive in extraordinary circumstances like plane crashes and shipwrecks. In his latest book, he trains his focus on less exotic, everyday circumstances. Gonzales joins Kojo to explain how evolutionary biology explains why smart people do stupid things, from the corporate boardroom to your daily commute. (30 min.)