Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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When Your College is the NCAA Cinderella Story
Princeton. St. Peter's. Fairleigh Dickinson. None of these schools are basketball powerhouses, but in the past couple years, all have been Cinderella stories in the men's NCAA tournament. Listeners call in to talk about what it means to cheer for a team at schools like this, where sports were never the main focus (and fans of the sports powerhouses call in, too). Plus: they discuss their mixed feelings on college sports.