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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Meet the 'Geniuses'
All this week, meet one of the local 2020 MacArthur geniuses. Today: Montclair's Nanfu Wang, 2020 MacArthur Fellow and documentary filmmaker whose most recent film is "One Child Nation," who was honored for "creating intimate character studies that examine the impact of authoritarian governance, corruption, and lack of accountability on the lives of individuals."