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Media and the First Amendment Since 9/11
Episode 2634
Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, talks about how the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afgh…
2 months ago
The Nepalese Community in Queens Mourns
Episode 2635
Suresh Shahi, editor for Khasokhas, talks about how the Nepalese community in Queens is coping with devastating floods in Nepal, and how they are hel…
2 months ago
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Meta Settlement; Sports Biz; Dolly Parton
Episode 2631
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
Inside Meta's settlement over social media addiction (First) | The big busines…
2 months, 1 week ago
US-Canada Trade War
Episode 2627
Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Politico’s Ottawa bureau chief and the lead author of Canada Playbook, talks about the escalation in the trade war with Canada.
P…
2 months, 1 week ago
Lawsuits Over City-Owned Grocery Stores and Paraprofessional Pay
Episode 2628
Karen Yi, WNYC and Gothamist reporter covering homelessness and poverty, talks about the lawsuits against the Mamdani administration by a group repre…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Time Cost of Bureaucracy
Episode 2629
Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time―and How to Fix It (Ecco, 2026), looks a…
2 months, 1 week ago
50 Years of the 'Metropolitan Diary'
Episode 2630
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the New York Times' "Metropolitan Diary" column. Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera and …
2 months, 1 week ago
What's in the Meta Settlement Over Child Safety
Episode 2624
Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter for The Washington Post, talks about what's in the landmark settlement with Meta over child safety on its apps, like F…
2 months, 1 week ago
Mamdani's BQE Repair Plans
Episode 2625
Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC and Gothamist newsroom, talks about Mayor Mamdani's plan to repair the crumbling BQE.
Photo: Vie…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Good and Bad of Colleges Today
Episode 2626
Neil Gross, sociology professor at Colby College in Maine, and author of What Happened to College?: How Politics Broke Higher Education and What We C…
2 months, 1 week ago