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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Northeast Cannabis Legalization Update
Alyson Martin, cofounder of Cannabis Wire and reporting adjunct at Columbia Journalism School, discusses marijuana legalization developments in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts. "Almost every state takes a completely different approach which complicates regulation" to issues like youth use, driving under influence, etc.