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MTA Update: Lawsuits and New Subway Cars
Episode 2162
Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about the latest MTA news, including its lawsuit over federal funds for the Seco…
1 month ago
Have You Heard of 'Friction-Maxxing?'
Episode 2164
Kathryn Jezer-Morton, author of The Cut's Brooding newsletter, talks about her plan to "friction-maxx" this year in life and in parenting—that is, to…
1 month ago
Federal vs State Over Transgender Care for Youth
Episode 2159
Giulia Heyward, WNYC and Gothamist reporter, talks about the tug of war between the state and the federal government over transgender care for those…
1 month ago
Protecting Aging Relatives from Scams
Episode 2158
Paulette Perhach, freelance writer and writing coach, shares tips on how to prevent your aging relatives from getting scammed. Plus, we take calls fr…
1 month ago
Thursday Morning Politics: The Widening War in Iran
Episode 2157
John Heilemann, chief political columnist at Puck and host of the podcast "Impolitic with John Heilemann, " and senior national affairs analyst for M…
1 month ago
Ramadan in 2026
Episode 2160
Faiyaz Jaffer, Ed.D, executive director of the Islamic Center and chaplain at New York University, talks about how communities in our area and around…
1 month ago
Opera and Democracy
Episode 2154
Martha C. Nussbaum, distinguished service professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author of The Republic of Love: Opera …
1 month ago
Republicans and the War
Episode 2156
Megan Messerly, a White House reporter at POLITICO, talks about the Republican support for the war in Iran and the concerns of the isolationists.
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1 month ago
The Big Picture on the US and Iran
Episode 2153
Daniel Immerwahr, historian, contributing writer at The New Yorker, the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University and the a…
1 month ago
Gov. Hochul's Uber-Backed Push to Reform Car Insurance
Episode 2155
Austin C. Jefferson, Albany bureau chief for Streetsblog Empire State, talks about Governor Kathy Hochul's push for car insurance reform, including t…
1 month ago