Podcast Episodes

Employers, Stop Ghosting Me!

Episode 1912

Franklin Schneider, writer based in New York City, discusses his recent piece in The Atlantic, "When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?"

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Mamdani's Emerging Opposition and Lander's Congressional Bid; Trump's Effort to Ban State AI Laws; Shop Listener 2025: Under $50

Episode 1909

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

City Politics: Mamdani's Emerging Opposition; Lander's Congressional Bid (First) | Trump's Effort to Ban State AI Laws (Starts at…

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U.S. Escalates Tensions in Venezuela

Episode 1908

Tess Bridgeman, co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, former Special Assistant to the President, Associate Counsel to the President and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC) duri…

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A New Plan For Affordable Housing at Atlantic Yards

Episode 1907

After years of stalled plans and unfulfilled promises of affordable housing near the Barclays Center, David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on a new plan for housing at Atlant…

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NYT's 10 Best Books of 2025

Episode 1906

Gilbert Cruz, editor at The New York Times Book Review shares the five fiction and five non-fiction books from this year that made it into The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2024. 

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Reflections on Interfaith Holiday Traditions

Episode 1905

Jessica Grose, opinion writer at The New York Times, reflects on her family's interfaith holiday traditions, and listeners offer their own.

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Trump’s New National Security Strategy

Episode 1904

Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), discusses recent Trump administration moves to de…

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Wikipedia Founder on Building Trust

Episode 1901

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation and the author of The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last (Crown Currency, 2025), talks about how Wikipe…

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Ask Governor Murphy: December 2025 Recap

Episode 1902

Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.

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Is 'Online Reading' Still Reading?

Episode 1903

If you put down your phone, will you grasp for a book? Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, where he writes a weekly column called Fault Lines, discusses his latest story, "If You Quit …

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