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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The High Cost of Wellness
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and The New York Times culture desk, talks about the growth of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial lifestyle brand, and the lengths some women will go achieve wellness. @taffyakner says
The ACLU Flexes Its Political Power
Faiz Shakir, the national political director of the American Civil Liberties Union, talks about what the ACLU is doing to help reunite families separated at the border, plus, how the organization is mobilizing voters for the midterm elections across the
This Week in Trump World: 'Rough and Getting Rougher'
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy and host of the Trump Inc. podcast at WNYC, and Adam Davidson, New Yorker staff writer, author of the magazine's "Swamp Chronicles" column and co-creator of NPR's Planet Money, talk about the Cohen
Ask the Mayor: Family Separation, Parking Placard Abuse + More
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. The mayor talks about his frustration with the lack of information from the federal government regarding the children separated from their families at the borde
The Women Cartoonists of The New Yorker
New Yorker cartoonists Liza Donnelly, Carolita Johnson and Liana Finck talk about a new exhibit at the Society of Illustrators celebrating the contributions of women who have drawn cartoons for the New Yorker since its founding. → Event: There will be a
Trump's Economy, So Far
Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, writer of the blog "Beat the Press," and author of Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer (Center for Economic and
One Year After the MTA's 'Summer of Hell'
In July of 2017, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota announced the Subway Action Plan to stabilize New York City's transit system. Aaron Gordon, freelance transportation reporter and founder of Signal Problems, a weekly newsletter about the subway, discusses whether
Elizabeth Holtzman's Final Straw
Elizabeth Holtzman, former U.S. congresswoman, Brooklyn DA, NYC comptroller, assistant to Mayor Lindsay, and current lawyer, talks about her letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen where she resigned from the Homeland Security Advisory Cou
New York City Immigrants Are Living in Fear Under Trump
Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project and former immigration correspondent for The New York Times, talks about her reporting on how President Trump's immigration policies are affecting the lives of immigrants in New York City. Toda
Real Women Need Statues
Alicia Glen, New York City deputy mayor for housing and economic development, discusses She Built NYC, a new initiative to commission a public monument or artwork on city property with a focus on women’s history. So far, callers recommend we put up statu