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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 171 days 5 hours 47 minutes
Assessing the Relative Risks of Catching COVID
Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and former health commissioner of Baltimore, talks about the risks of attending Black Lives Matter protests an
Will NJ Legalize Pot This Fall?
After failing to legalize recreational cannabis in New Jersey last year, lawmakers have put the issue on the ballot in November. Mona Zhang, states cannabis policy reporter for POLITICO Pro, talks about the regional and national implications of legalizat
Joe Biden and the Latinx Vote
Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host of the In The Thick podcast and founder of Latino Rebels, assesses the Biden campaign's attempts to gain support among Latinx voters.
How the Kennedy Campaign Used Tech and Data
Jill Lepore, professor of American history at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of many books, including These Truths: A History of the United States, and her latest, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the F
What Will Industry City Look Like in the Future?
Industry City has proposed a controversial rezoning of the complex to allow more offices, manufacturing and retail shops -- and City Council held a public hearing on it this week. Ben Adler, senior editor for City & State, and freelance journalist Ka
How Do Prosecutors Decide When to Convict Cops?
Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, Truman Capote Fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and
Remote Learning Advice Roulette
From shoddy internet, screen fatigue, and confusing assignments — helping your kid with remote learning can be a headache. On this installment of "advice roulette," your biggest questions and gripes about remote learning, and advice and tips from other l
UWS NIMBYism and Shelter Residents
City Council Member Helen Rosenthal (6th District, UWS) and Joshua Goldfein, staff attorney in Legal Aid's Homeless Rights Project, talk about the NIMBY campaign mounted by some residents in the Upper West Side to evict several hundred homeless men livin
Maria Hinojosa's Story
Maria Hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and the author of Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America (Simon and Schuster, 2020), talks about her own life and where her story intersects with national issues.
Powerful Business Leaders vs. NYC's Mayor
Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, talks about the letter she helped orchestrate, signed by 163 chief executives, which implored the mayor to focus on quality-of-life problems.