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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Ask The Mayor: SVU, DOE, Taxis, Trash Collection
Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses the week in NYC, including how the NYPD is handling special victims cases, the plight of taxi drivers, and discriminatory patterns in schools and trash collection.