Press Play with Madeleine Brand Teju Cole on finding meaning in the invisibile Jul. 26, 2017 Listen 49 min MORE Photo: Teju Cole is a writer and photographer. (By Martin Lenemann) From this Episode: The role of transgender people in the military President Trump tweeted this morning that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in the US military. Thousands of transgender troops are in the military... 9 min The vulnerability of street vendors in LA The cellphone video of a man overturning a street vendor’s cart in Los Angeles has gone viral. There’s shouting, food and containers are overthrown, and the vendor says the... 6 min In Oakland, people affected by the drug war get a first crack at pot licenses Now that weed is legal, Oakland has a program that helps people with marijuana convictions -- including ex-felons -- get into the pot business for themselves. 8 min Teju Cole's 'Blind Spot:' What's missing when we look at the world? Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole has a new book out called “Blind Spot.” It features hundreds of images -- spanning from Lagos to Berlin to Brooklyn -- with essays on... 15 min Two new photo exhibits in LA focus on working class life Star Montana’s new exhibit, “I Dream of Los Angeles,” is now on view at the Main Museum in downtown LA. It includes portraits of young, working class people trying to hold... 8 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole