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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Making Black Trans Lives Matter
Imara Jones, founder and creator of Translash Media, Soros Equality fellow and journalist-in-residence at The Greene Space, and TS Candii, an organizer with DecrimNY and the Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans Ban Coalition, tell the story of Tony McDade, a black transgender man who was shot and killed by police in Florida two days after the death of George Floyd, and about creating a truly inclusive Black Lives Matter movement.