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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…
3 months 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. …
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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 …
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months ago
Shout Out Your Favorite Audiobook
Episode 2307
Listeners call in to talk about the latest or best book they've listened to, plus discuss the types of books they prefer to listen to over read.
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3 months ago
Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on Iran & Redistricting
Episode 2301
Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey, including the war with Iran and partisan redistrictin…
3 months ago