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Eric Adams Defends "Go Back to Iowa" Comments
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams discusses the latest city news, including how New York City can begin to address its problem with gentrification.
#PriceCheckNYC: Avoiding Care Because of the Money
WNYC, in partnership with Gothamist and Clear Health Costs, offers a new community health sharing tool which will give listeners a chance to compare the costs of their medical procedures. Jeanne Pinder, founder and CEO of Clear Health Costs, and Caroline
Behind the Scenes at the Trump White House
Philip Rucker, Washington Post White House bureau chief, and Carol Leonnig, Washington Post national investigative reporter, the co-authors of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America (Penguin Press, 2020), go behind the scenes to repor
Impeachment Trial Recap and Previewing What's Ahead
Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor for Politico, goes over what happened in the Senate's impeachment trial yesterday, and previews what's to come.
'May the Best Woman Win' 2020
Mara Gay, New York Times editorial board member, talks about the board's decision to break with precedent and endorse two candidates, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren, to be the Democratic nominee for president.
Six Steps for Saving Democracy
Bob Garfield, co-host of WNYC's On the Media and the author of American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves (Counterpoint, 2020), offers his analysis of the state of American democracy (not good) and six steps toward saving
How Some Long Islanders Want to Change Bail Reform
Laura Curran, Nassau County executive, talks about the changes she — and at least some of her suburban constituents — would like to see to New York's new bail reform law.
The Senate Trial: Day One
Jeremy Stahl, senior editor of Slate, discusses the latest impeachment news as the first day of the Senate trial gets underway.
Patrisse Cullors Remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and the author of (written with asha bandele, now in paperback), When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2018), talks about how young Black Americans respond to
Teachers Share How They Teach MLK & Race
Teachers call in to share how they teach their students about Martin Luther King, Jr.