I'm leaving on vacation after today's show... "Boca" Britany Somers will fill in while I'm gone. Today, Jeff Sharlet, author of C Street, The Family and other books and articles is our guest. The article he wrote in GQ about being gay in Putin's Russia is at "Inside the Iron Closet: What It's Like to Be Gay in Putin's Russia". I'm headed down to Tulum, Mexico for yoga, mediation and to regroup... At the end of the show, I read a paragraph sent to me by listener Robert in NY, and it's actually what this vacation is all about. We should all take [...]