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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Rushdie Returns to Realism
Salman Rushdie, novelist and essayist, author of The Golden House (Random House, 2017), The Satanic Verses (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008), Midnight's Children (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006), talks about his return to realism with his latest novel, set against the backdrop of current American politics.
.@SalmanRushdie: An absurdity of American politics is that "the people with all the privilege money and power have characterized their enemies who are journalists, college professors, and novelists, as the elite." pic.twitter.com/kMRwZz4BK6
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 25, 2018