Podcast Episodes

Developing Nations Face Climate Change

Episode 1669

David Gelles, reporter on the New York Times climate team and the Times’s Climate Forward newsletter and author of Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

30 Issues in 30 Days: NYC Ballot Initiatives on Housing

Episode 1668

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, explains NYC’s three ballot proposals on streamlining the housing construction process.

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Saris in New York

Episode 1670

Salonee Bhaman, co-curator for "The New York Sari: A Journey Through Tradition, Fashion, and Identity" at The New York Historical and curatorial scholar at the Center for Women's History at The New Y…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Vaccine Status and Other Public Health News

Episode 1667

Chelsea Cirruzzo, Washington correspondent for STAT News, talks about the White House press conference on autism, acetaminophen, and immunizations, plus the results of last week's meeting of the fede…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

UNGA Preview

Episode 1666

Richard Gowan, International Crisis Group's director of UN and Multilateral Diplomacy, shares what to expect at the UN General Assembly, including what President Trump may say in his Tuesday address,…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Changing Your Faith

Episode 1650

In a new memoir, Yusuf Islam, also known as the singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, writes about how converted his faith after a near-death experience. Listeners call in to share what has prompted them to…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

30 Issues in 30 Days: Sanctuary Laws in NYC and NJ

Episode 1665

Daniel Di Martino, fellow at the Manhattan Institute whose research focuses on immigration, and Amy Torres, executive director of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, debate the issues arou…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Changing Elections; AI & Jobs; Family Language

Episode 1664

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

How Trump May Be Changing the Elections Process (First) | AI in the Job Market (Starts at 51:0 0) | Your Family's 'Secret Languag…

Published on 3 months ago

Warnings From an AI Doomsayer

Episode 1662

Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and the co-author (with Eliezer Yudkowsky) of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All (Little, Br…

Published on 3 months ago

What's So Great About New York?

Episode 1659

A new Siena poll shows a (slight) majority of New Yorkers said the state is on the right track, while 59% of respondents thought the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction. New Yorkers call in to sha…

Published on 3 months ago