Podcast Episodes

What to Know About Your Student Loans Under Trump 2.0

Episode 1070

Charlotte Cowles, financial advice columnist for The Cut,offers advice for federal student loan borrowers who are navigating the complicated system, especially as President Trump threatens to shut do…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

NYC Deals With Egg-flation

Episode 1066

The price of a dozen eggs is surging throughout the New York area. Dionne Searcey, New York Times reporter, reports on how bird flu is causing the sticker shock on eggs, how different types of busine…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Gates' & Other Public Art Favorites

Episode 1067

Listeners share their memories of Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates” which transformed part of Central Park with orange banners twenty years ago this month, plus other art projects that changed th…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

EPA Head Lee Zeldin's Moves So Far

Episode 1065

Lisa Friedman, reporter covering climate policy and politics at The New York Times, discusses moves made by the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency administration, Lee Zeldin, incl…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

RFK's Moves So Far

Episode 1064

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, and Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today Wellness reporter, discuss moves made by U.S. Secretary of Hea…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Niche Wikipedia

Episode 1063

Listeners call in to share what their favorite Wikipedia page is, niche or highly trafficked, and share a little-known nugget of knowledge, a humorous edit or anything else.

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

100 Years of 100 Things: The Harlem Renaissance

Episode 1062

As our centennial series continues, Jacoby Adeshei Carter, philosophy professor at Howard University, director of the Alain Leroy Locke Society, author of African American Contributions to the Americ…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Haiti On The Line Preview

Episode 1061

Tim Padgett, WLRN Americas Editor covering Latin America, the Caribbean and their key relationship with South Florida, and Saraya Wintersmith, reporter covering Boston City Hall for GBH News and is t…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim

Episode 1060

Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey.

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Elie Mystal on Eric Adams; Trump's Putin Pivot; SNL's Best Political Sketches

Episode 1059

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

Analysis from Elie Mystal as a judge deliberates Mayor Eric Adams' future (First) | Richard Stengel, Former Under Secretary of St…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago