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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Homelessness and the MTA
Shumita Basu, reporter, host, and producer in WNYC's newsroom, and Stephen Nessen, transit reporter for the WNYC Newsroom talk about We The Commuters' weeklong look at homelessness in subways, why people in need seek shelter there and how it impacts commutes.