Podcast Episodes

Supportive Housing Sitting Empty

Episode 1648

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about new City Council legislation to require reporting on unfilled supportive housing units, aimed at decreasing the number of empty units…

Published on 3 months ago

Inside RFK Jr's MAHA Report on Childhood Health

Episode 1647

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a report on the state of children's health. Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, t…

Published on 3 months ago

Social Media and the Charlie Kirk Killing

Episode 1643

Almost immediately after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, videos were circulating on social media, and many people saw the gruesome crime without meaning to just by logging on. Adam Clark Estes, sen…

Published on 3 months ago

City Council Overrides Mayor's Vetoes

Episode 1645

Jeffery Mays, New York Times reporter covering politics with a focus on New York City Hall, talks about the new worker and vendor protections passed by the City Council, overriding Mayor Adams' vetoe…

Published on 3 months ago

Your Family's 'Secret Language'

Episode 1644

A recent Washington Post article explained how most families have a secret language that only they understand, or a "familect" as some linguists call it. Listeners call in to share the words in their…

Published on 3 months ago

How Trump May Be Changing the Elections Process

Episode 1642

Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), tal…

Published on 3 months ago

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Improving Ticket-Buying; NYC's Rat Czar; Saving Monarch Butterflies

Episode 1646

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

Lawmakers Attempt to Improve the Ticket-Buying Experience  (First) | The City's Rat Czar Shares Progress and Challenges (Starts a…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

How Economic Trends Are Reshaping Restaurants

Episode 1641

As the US economy and consumer preferences fluctuate, listeners in the restaurant industry and their customers share how they're adapting to tariffs, slowed job growth, widespread use of GLP-1 medica…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Democrats' Shutdown Debate

Episode 1639

Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox and the author of The Reactionary Spirit: How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World (PublicAffairs, 2024), talks about the debate am…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

What Happens After France’s Government "Collapse"

Episode 1632

This week, the French government lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, forcing the prime minister François Bayrou and his cabinet to resign. Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The Econom…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago