John(Narrator) McDonough

Boston Globe journalists tell the compelling tale of Ted Kennedy, the once vilified, now lionized senator. His penchant for drinking and womanizing continued to grab headlines until his second marriage in 1992. A changed man, Teddy became the Senate's most effective broker and his family's trusted patriarch.

Travel writer Theroux is in western Africa, where along the course of a 2,500-mile journey he travels from Cape Town through South Africa, Namibia, and beyond--capturing the flavor of his interaction with both land and people as only he can.