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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Why the Stonewall Uprising Happened
Kai Wright, editor and host of WNYC’s narrative unit, host of podcasts, “The Stakes", "United States of Anxiety” and “There Goes the Neighborhood” and a columnist for The Nation, and WNYC editor Jennifer Vanasco talk about the revolution sparked by the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 and how the culture of the LGBTQ community has changed in the last 50 years.