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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The Latest COVID Science, And What The Numbers Mean For NYC
Jake Dobkin, co-founder of Gothamist, where he's been the de facto numbers-cruncher in chief for all things COVID-19, and Nsikan Akpan, WNYC's health and science editor, talk about the latest COVID-19 news, including how New York's positivity rates compare to elsewhere in the country and globally, what new variants mean for the vaccine rollout, and what we've learned about the pandemic over the past few weeks.