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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Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez on the Crisis at Rikers
New York City's prosecutors continued to send people to Rikers Island over the last few months as conditions deteriorated. Eric Gonzalez talks about what role prosecutors play in addressing the crisis at the notorious jail complex