America Freaks Out
For many of us, summer in New\nYork\nmeans Coney Island\u2026and for a lot of people, Coney\nIsland means the freak show. We speak with Fordham English\nprofessor Leonard Cassuto about the history of the American freak show,\nwhy we\nliked it and why we stopped liking\nit\u2026and why Oliver Sacks might be a kinder, gentler PT Barnum.