Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, host of NatGeo Channel's StarTalk and author of StarTalk: Everything you need to know about space travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond (National Geograp
New York Liberty players Tina Charles, WNBA 2012 Most Valuable Player, and Swin Cash, three-time WNBA champion, discuss their participation in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement on the WNBA stage and why they think it's important for athletes to
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, and gives more information on last-day voter registration.
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Doug Schoen, former political strategist for Mike Bloomberg and Bill Clinton and the author of Putin's Master Plan: To Destroy Europe, Divide NATO, and Restore Russian Power and Global Influence (Encounter Books, 2016), makes his case that the West is i
Americans routinely say drug prices are a top health care concern. Health care costs in the United States are some 18 percent of GNP, nearly double what other rich countries spend. We read of drug therapies that cost $300,000 a year or more, and of drug
Claudia Rankine, poetry professor at Yale University and author of Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2014), talks about her MacArthur "genius" award for her poetry that engages with current racial issues and her plans for a Racial Imaginary Ins
I. M. Destler, professor of public policy at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and a co-author of In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents They Served — From JFK to George W. Bush
Kurt Eichenwald, senior writer with Newsweek, discusses how the Russian news outlet Sputnik incorrectly attributed his remarks in a Newsweek article to Hillary Clinton's confidante Sidney Blumenthal, and how Donald Trump later used the misattribution in