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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Apr 25, 2024
Special Coverage: Trump's Immunity Case Before the Supreme Court
00:21:22
On today's show:
Melissa Murray, NYU law professor, co-host of the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast and the co-author (with Andrew Weissmann) of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), previews the oral arguments the Supreme Court will hear on former President Trump's immunity case.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
Apr 24, 2024
The Trump 'Hush Money' Trial, So Far
00:30:35
Erica Orden, Politico reporter, talks about the media diets of the jurors on the Trump "hush money" trial. Plus, she recaps the testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher for the National Enquirer, who talked about that publication's "catch and kill" strategy, which suppressed negative stories about people like Donald Trump.
Apr 24, 2024
Reframing 'Free' Beyond Markets
00:34:59
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, university professor at Columbia University, chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute, and author of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (W.W.Norton, 2024), argues the neoliberal idea of freedom has led to economic crises and social unrest and argues for a more humane, 21st-century reframing of the concept.
Apr 24, 2024
Reporters Ask the Mayor: Arrests on Campuses; Randy Mastro
00:32:00
Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject.Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including when the NYPD intervenes on campus protests and the pushback on his reported selection of attorney Randy Mastro to lead NYC's legal department.
Apr 24, 2024
News From Your Classroom
00:11:34
With teachers and students off of school this week, we open up the phones to hear stories from local classrooms that would otherwise be missed if not for the vacation.
Apr 23, 2024
An Organizer Reflects on Where Labor Stands Now
00:31:37
Jane McAlevey, labor organizer, columnist for The Nation and the author of several books, including (with Abby Lawlor)Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), reflects on her life's work in organizing and recent wins for labor, and what she sees as crucial for workers to do if they want to continue the positive streak for unions.
Apr 23, 2024
Protests Swell on College Campuses
00:40:45
Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter covering campus health and safety at The Chronicle, reports on how administrations at colleges here in New York and across the country are struggling to respond to ongoing, and growing protests over the Israel-Hamas War.
Apr 23, 2024
What 1960s Campus Protesters Think of Today
00:12:03
Listeners who protested on their college campuses in the turbulent years around 1968 reflect on that time, and share their thoughts on today's young protesters on campuses here in NYC and around the country.
Apr 23, 2024
The NYS Budget and Climate
00:24:33
This Earth Week, Liz Moran, policy advocate for Earthjustice's Northeast office, talks about the ways the new New York State budget does, and does not, address climate change.
Apr 22, 2024
A #PlasticsChallenge for Albany (and Listeners!)
00:37:04
Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics, professor at Bennington College and former EPA Region 2 administrator, talks about a new effort to keep New York State accountable to reduce single use plastics. Then, listeners call in to share an honest assessment of the single use plastics in their lives.
Apr 25 | 00:21:22
Special Coverage: Trump's Immunity Case Before the Supreme Court
Apr 24 | 00:30:35
The Trump 'Hush Money' Trial, So Far
Apr 24 | 00:34:59
Reframing 'Free' Beyond Markets
Apr 24 | 00:32:00
Reporters Ask the Mayor: Arrests on Campuses; Randy Mastro
Apr 24 | 00:11:34
News From Your Classroom
Apr 23 | 00:31:37
An Organizer Reflects on Where Labor Stands Now
Apr 23 | 00:40:45
Protests Swell on College Campuses
Apr 23 | 00:12:03
What 1960s Campus Protesters Think of Today
Apr 23 | 00:24:33
The NYS Budget and Climate
Apr 22 | 00:37:04
A #PlasticsChallenge for Albany (and Listeners!)
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