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. The Sponsored Life

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Village Voice columnist and d-expert Leslie Savan about recent television ads that use music by the late inger Janis Joplin and the art of late artist Keith Haring to sell their wares. collection of Savan's essays, titled "THE SPONSORED LIFE: ADS, TV AND AMERICAN ULTURE" was recently published by the Temple University Press.

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