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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Did You Stay or Did You Go?
A Brian Lehrer Show caller said he wanted to leave the US because he didn't like the direction the country was going. So, listeners called in to talk about how they made the decision to stay or go from a community or institution.
@BrianLehrer I had the same struggle leaving religion. The process was really difficult but I’ve been a happy atheist for over almost 2 decades now. Family still has a hard time with it.
— Annette🏳️🌈🇩🇴🇵🇷 (@AMDomGal) December 14, 2018During the Bush2 administration, I went online to research what it would take to emigrate to Canada. Turns out I wasn’t young enough, skilled enough, or rich enough to qualify. Bummer...
— Mary In The East (@ChappGal) December 14, 2018@BrianLehrer I’m an Aussie and have moved around a lot over the last 20 years - Sydney, Beijing, Taipei, Melbourne, Sydney, now NY. I struggled with the decision to move here as it’s so damn far away from Oz. And my well-traveled parents wont visit cause Trump #ambivalence
— Charlotte Scarf (@charlottes) December 14, 2018This topic must be so popular cause the line is crazy busy.
Wanted to talk about being in Native American tribe in Virginia that has been in the news recently about historic and current anti-black racist tribal laws. And my family is black and Native.
left the art industry because it's politics didn't match the money. And then I ended up in politics 😭
— Patrick Bobilin 🌹 (@PatrickForNYC) December 14, 2018