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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More 'Mobituaries'
Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, a panelist on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" and host of the podcast "Mobituaries" and author of its companion book, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving (Simon & Schuster, 2019), shares his take on the obituaries of celebrities, world leaders and some products, all with surprising back-stories, from Marlene Dietrich and Thomas Paine to the station wagon.
@BrianLehrer: Did you know that Rosa Parks had a forerunner?
Me, an educated woman: Wow, I didn’t even think the 4Runner existed at the time!
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