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Back to SearchThe House Shuts Down Early Avoiding Epstein Drama
Episode 1501
Speaker Mike Johnson sent members of the House of Representatives home for their August break a few days early in order to avoid a vote on releasing Epstein materials. Annie Karni, congressional corr…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Fears of Naturalized Citizens
Episode 1502
Chris Feliciano Arnold, director of the creative-writing program at Saint Mary’s College of California and the author of The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Am…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The NYPD's Crackdown on Cyclists
Episode 1504
WNYC/Gothamist reporters Stephen Nessen and Paige Oamek talk about the NYPD enforcement push against cyclists violating traffic rules, where the most summonses are issued and why violations often req…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Chefs Love Salt
Episode 1498
Adam Platt, features writer and former restaurant critic at New York Magazine, talks about why salt is even more abundant in restaurant food, and often used in unexpected ways."
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Teaching History in This Fraught Time
Episode 1497
The Tenement Museum is hosting teachers this summer in a program that will provide expertise on how they can effectively teach Black and immigrant history. Annie Polland, president of the Tenement Mu…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Mehdi Hasan vs. the Far Right
Episode 1500
Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo, columnist for The Guardian and former MSNBC host, talks about his experience debating 20 far-right conservatives on the YouTube series "Surrounded," plu…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
City Politics: Summer Campaigning
Episode 1499
Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from the mayoral campaign trail, including Mayor Adams' relationship with the border czar Tom Homan, Assemblymember Zohran Mamd…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Upside of Doing Chores
Episode 1495
Christine Carrig, head of school at Carrig Montessori School in Brooklyn, Substack writer and the writer in residence at the Khora: Maternal and Reproductive Psychology Lab at Teachers College, talks…
Published on 5 months ago
Texas Goes Back to the Redistricting Drawing Board
Episode 1492
The Texas state legislature has reconvened for a special session and at the behest of President Trump, one of the primary goals is to redraw the state's Congressional map to shore up the Republican m…
Published on 5 months ago
HRT and the FDA
Episode 1494
As the FDA considers removing the warning label from hormone replacement therapy for symptoms of menopause, Jen Gunter, MD, an OB/GYN and pain medicine physician and author of The Menopause Manifest…
Published on 5 months ago