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American Leisure

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The show assesses the state of leisure in America, and ponders the questions of who, what, where and when to rejuvenate, recreate and refresh.

Guests:

Geoffrey Godbey, professor of Leisure Studies at Penn State University

Peter Fraenkel, director of the Center for Time, Work and the Family at the Ackerman Institute in New York City and an associate professor of psychology at the City College of New York

Ashley Merryman, a journalist and attorney who worked with Po Bronson on an essay for Time Magazine titled "Just Sit Back and Relax!: Why do Americans have to work so hard at taking it easy?"

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