Nirvana’s Nevermind & Kerry Washington

Studio 360

This week in our American Icons series, we take a look at Nirvana’s Nevermind — was it rock and roll’s last hurrah? Golden Globe nominee Kerry Washington shows her mean streak as the star of Scandal. And Jesmyn Ward relives the trauma of Hurricane Katrina in her novel Salvage the Bones.

(Segments in this week’s episode aired previously.)

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