Podcast Episodes

Reporters Ask the Mayor: Campaigning, Cuomo and Randy Mastro

Episode 1158

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate Activism After the $667 Million Greenpeace Judgment

Episode 1158

A recent legal judgment could force Greenpeace to pay $667 million in defamation and vandalism-related damages, from the 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline leading environmentalists to …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

RFK's 'Hands Off' Approach To Bird Flu

Episode 1155

Apoorva Mandavilli, reporter for The New York Times, focusing on science and global health, discusses the government's approach to Bird Flu, and why veterinary scientists say that RFK Jr.'s approach …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Albany Budget Crunch-Time

Episode 1154

Jimmy Vielkind,  New York State Issues reporter for WNYC and author of the substack "Notes from Jimmy", talks about the status of budget negotiations ahead of the April 1 deadline, the possibility of…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

How MAGA Runs the House

Episode 1153

New York Times congressional correspondent Annie Karni and White House reporter Luke Broadwater, co-authors of Mad House: How Donald Trump, Maga Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Columbia Agrees To Trump's Demands

Episode 1152

On Friday, Columbia University's administration agreed to demands from the Trump administration over the institution's responses to pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Columbia faculty members Joseph…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Trump Sent Venezuelan Migrants to Prison in El Salvador

Episode 1151

Last week, Americans learned that ICE sent 238 Venezuelan migrants to the CECOT mega prison in El Salvador under the unsubstantiated pretense that all were members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Annie C…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on Social Security, Town Halls and More

Episode 1150

Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D-NJ), talks about Social Security in the new Trump administration and what he's learned hosting town halls in Democratic and Republican districts across his state.

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Heather Cox Richardson; Local UAW Leader; New Yorker Cartoons

Episode 1149

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

Is This What Democracy Looks Like: Heather Cox Richardson (First) | Local UAW Leader (Starts at 30:48) | 100 Years of 100 Things:…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

What You Learned From Being Rejected

Episode 1147

A recent article in Vox documents the writer's goal to get rejected a number of times per week, as an exercise in 'shooting your shot.' Listeners call in to share their stories, lessons and musings a…

Published on 9 months ago