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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Trump's Eleventh-Hour Pardon Plans
President Trump is expected to issue dozens of pardons today. Jami Floyd, WNYC's senior editor for race and justice and legal editor, talks about how this works and who might be getting one (including former New York political power player Sheldon Silver).