Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 172 days 23 hours 49 minutes
Distance Learning Week Three
As schools begin the third week of distance learning, Jessica Gould, WNYC reporter, and Alex Zimmerman, education reporter at Chalkbeat New York, report on how it's going, including the news that the Department of Education will prohibit the use of Zoom
City Councilmember Torres on Covid-19 in The Bronx
New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres (15th District - Bronx), talks about his district's experience with COVID-19 and how his own recovery is progressing.
How Hospital Chaplains Are Offering Care and Comfort
The Rev. Dr. Beth Glover, an Episcopal priest who serves as corporate director of Pastoral Care and Education (CPE) for the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital system, talks about the role of hospital chaplains in the pandemic, as families are barred from visi
How Viruses Like COVID-19 May Work
Siddhartha Mukherjee, physician and author of several books including The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Scribner, 2010), and most recently, The Gene: An Intimate History (Scribner, 2016), and executive producer — with filmmaker Ken Burn
Your Unemployment Questions Answered
Ten million people have filed for unemployment over the last two weeks. Richard Blum, member of The Legal Aid Society’s Employment Law Unit, whose practice focuses on wage and hour law and discrimination law, takes questions from listeners about how best
With the Worst Ahead, 'Signs of Hope'
White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, Jonathan Lemire talks about the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including guidelines and relief proposals, and the latest on the 2020 elections.
How to Self-Isolate at Home When You Have COVID-19
Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science, director of the Healthy Buildings program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and author of the forthcoming Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Producti
The Art of the Pandemic
Listeners share the art projects they're working on through the COVID-19 outbreak: whether they're making do with materials at hand, directly addressing the pandemic or finding a way to take their focus elsewhere. Some examples: @BrianLehrer Listening in
Social Distancing as The New Culture Wars
McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House (Little Brown, 2015), talks about how some Conservatives and Republicans a
Ask The Mayor: Rent Freezes During Pandemic, Equipment Donation, Crowded Public Transportation
New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in the city including a proposal to freeze rent for rent controlled apartments, how listeners can donate equipment like ventilators and masks and what to do if your tr