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 7 hours 36 minutes
The Antibody Test Results Are in — or Are They?
Apoorva Mandavilli, science journalist, frequent contributor to the New York Times, and the 2019 winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Reporting, talks about New York State's preliminary antibody test results and what they may mean fo
NYS Senate Rent Suspension Proposal
Michael Gianaris, New York State Senator (D - 12th, Astoria, LIC, Sunnyside) and deputy majority leader talks about his bill to suspend rent payments for 90 days for residential and small commercial tenants unable to pay due to COVID-19, as well as prote
Teaching History Through Music with Little Steven
Steven Van Zandt, singer, songwriter, musician (member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band), producer, actor and founder of Teach Rock, a distance learning initiative that uses music and culture to teach kids history, talks about his new educational ini
Are Parents Okay?
Jessica Grose, lead editor of the New York Times parenting section, takes calls from listeners struggling to work, parent, and be a person during these extraordinary times. @BrianLehrer Our 4th grader sees her teacher only about 10-15 minutes a day. We'v
Together Separately for Ramadan
Imam Khalid Latif, university chaplain for New York University, and executive director of the Islamic Center at NYU, talks about the meaning of Ramadan for Muslims this year and how his congregation and others will "gather together" despite social distan
Sen. Murphy on Stimulus and Foreign Policy
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D CT), member of the Foreign Relations committee and author of the forthcoming book The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy (Random House, 2020), discusses the latest relief package, Connecticut's
#BLSEarthDay: Signs of Spring Outside Your Window
Marielle Anzelone, botanist and founder of NYC Wildflower Week, shares signs of spring this Earth Day, even the ones you can see just from your window. ?Join Marielle (@nycbotanist) tonight from 7-8pm ET on twitter, use the hashtag: #WildflowerHourNYC
How's Your Recovery?
Dr. Lloyd Sederer, adjunct professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the author of The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs, takes calls from listeners struggling to manage their addictions a
Air Quality in the Time of COVID-19
Michael Seilback, national assistant vice president at the American Lung Association, talks about how air quality has changed during the COVID-19 epidemic and how the disease impacts the lungs.
The President's Latest Immigration Ban
Sayu Bhojwani, founder and president of New American Leaders and the author of People Like Us: The New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door (The New Press, 2018) talks about the president's latest proposal to cut down on immigration to the Un