Podcast Episodes
Back to Search10 Question Quiz: Where Am I?
Episode 1087
Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today's topic is local geography.
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Public Health Under RFK Jr.
Episode 1086
Jessica Malaty Rivera, infectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator and PhD student at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, talks about the government's response to the ongoing measles o…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Points Guy's Travel Advice: Booking Tips
Episode 1091
Throughout this pledge drive, Brian Kelly, founder of the travel site The Points Guy and the author of How to Win at Travel (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2025), shares advice on how to optim…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
And the Oscars Go To...
Episode 1085
Dana Stevens, film critic at Slate.com, co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast and the author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century (Atria…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
10 Question Quiz: This Year's Oscars
Episode 1082
Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today's topic is this year's Academy Awards.
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Monday Morning Politics: Trump and Zelensky's Oval Office Showdown, Associated Press Loses Access to Trump
Episode 1084
Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks about the latest nation…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
A New Way to Teach Math
Episode 1083
The city has implemented a new math curriculum called "Illustrative Math" and not all teachers are fans. Jessica Gould, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about how the roll out is going, and how officia…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Student Loans Under Trump 2.0; What 'America First' Means Now; Oscars History
Episode 1081
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
Navigating student loans under the new Trump administration (First) | What Trump's 'America First agenda' means right now (Starts…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Boycotts, Town Halls, & Other Actions
Episode 1080
John Nichols, national-affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and the author of, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism (Crown, 2023), talks about today's planned prote…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
100 Years of 100 Things: The 'Oscars'
Episode 1079
As our centennial series continues and with Sunday's Oscar ceremony, Michael Schulman, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears (Harper C…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago