b'
If millions of Americans have access to classified documents, can we really call them secrets? On this week\'s On the Media, a former Pentagon official explains how America\\u2019s bloated classification system came to be. Plus, a look at the stories we tell about Baby Boomers, and how our country might change after they\\u2019re gone.
\\n1. Oona Hathaway [@oonahathaway], professor at Yale Law School and former special counsel at the Pentagon, on the complicated nature of classified documents. Listen.
\\n2. Noah Smith [@VildeHaya], contributing reporter for The Washington Post, on how a video game led to leaks of military documents. Listen.\\xa0
\\n3. Philip Bump [@pbump], national columnist at The Washington Post, on\\xa0his latest book \'The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America.\' Listen.\\xa0
\\n4. Brian Lehrer [@BrianLehrer], host of WNYC\'s The Brian Lehrer Show, on\\xa0the news events that defined generations. Listen.\\xa0
\\nMusic:
\\nPassing Time by\\xa0John RenbournAtlantic City\\xa0by Randy NewmanEye Surgery by Thomas NewmanYoung at Heart by Brad MehldauYour Mother Should Know by Brad MehldauWhen I\'m 64 by Fred Hersch
'