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: ICE Raids; Cycling in NYC; Lead Poisoning; Rikers Island
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio answers listeners’ calls about weekly issues in NYC.
.@NYCMayor instructs @BrianLehrer to "hear the difference" b/w what he is doing about lead paint and what other cities are doing. Brian was asking about WNYC's investigation into lead paint in schools.
— Sally Goldenberg (@SallyGold) July 12, 2019"I'm curios how much you feel like you're living a double life," @BrianLehrer asks @NYCMayor, who as mayor has cyclist deaths up, shootings up, etc. But @BilldeBlasio across the country campaigning.
"The disconnect respectfully is the way you just interpreted our city," BDB says