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Kimberlé Crenshaw's Life and Work
Episode 2315
Civil rights scholar Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, founder and executive direct…
1 month ago
The Persistent Gender Gap in Housework
Episode 2316
Jessica Grose, opinion writer at The New York Times, discusses the still-mostly-unequal division of household labor.
Photo: Two women wash dishes in …
1 month ago
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Spirit Airlines; Rent Guidelines Board; Avoiding Scams
Episode 2317
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
Demise of Spirit Airlines (First) | Is a Rent Freeze Coming? (Starts at 38:21…
1 month, 1 week ago
NAACP Legal Defense Funds Weighs in on SCOTUS and Voting Rights
Episode 2309
Janai Nelson, president-director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks about the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Callais V. …
1 month, 1 week ago
Will Mayor Mamdani's Rent Guidelines Board Deliver the Rent Freeze?
Episode 2310
David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the Rent Guidelines Board's preliminary vote on rent regulations for about one mill…
1 month, 1 week ago
Where Western Leaders Went Wrong
Episode 2311
Ian Shapiro, professor of political science and global affairs at Yale University, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Amer…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Emotional Labor of Mothers
Episode 2312
Author Alva Gotby's book "They Call it Love: The Politics of Emotional Life" (Verso Books, 2023), coined the term emotional reproduction to describe …
1 month, 1 week ago
Why the Demise of Spirit Airlines is Bad For Consumers
Episode 2308
Dean Seal, corporate news reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks about how the Iran war and higher fuel prices were a major factor in the demise…
1 month, 1 week ago
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on the Decline in Crime, Remedying Wrongful Convictions, and More
Episode 2305
Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, talks about recent work his office has done vacating wrongful convictions, a statistical decline in crime a…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Trump Administration vs. Smith College and The New York Times
Episode 2306
Suzanne Goldberg, professor of law at Columbia Law School and co-founder of the school's Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, talks about the Trump a…
1 month, 1 week ago