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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U.N. General Assembly Recap
Somini Sengupta, The New York Times's United Nations bureau chief, gives us a rundown of the news coming out of the week's United Nations General Assembly and compares the global efforts to alleviate the Syrian refugee crisis.