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New York's Gambling History
Episode 1553
Adam Gopnik, staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery (Liveright, 2023), talks about some of the key p…
10 months ago
The Ongoing Legionnaires' Outbreak
Episode 1552
Caroline Lewis, health care reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, and Joe Hong, investigative data reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the ongoing…
10 months ago
Trump's Tariffs Could Be Hard To "Dislodge"
Episode 1548
After many delays and negotiations, most of President Donald Trump's tariffs went into effect last Thursday, August 7th. Eric Levitz, senior correspo…
10 months ago
Selling Eternal Life
Episode 1550
Tad Friend, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of In the Early Times: A Life Reframed (Crown, 2022), talks about his article "How to Liv…
10 months ago
How President Trump and His Tariffs Are Affecting NYC Tourism
Episode 1546
Arun Venugopal, senior reporter for WNYC's race & justice unit, shares his reporting on how the tourism industry in NYC is suffering because of Presi…
10 months ago
Fun With Words
Episode 1547
Martha Barnette, co-host of the radio show and podcast A Way with Words and author of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland (Harry N. Abrams…
10 months ago
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Robert Reich; What to Know About ARFID; Gen Z Intimacy
Episode 1546
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
Robert Reich's Critique of Fellow Boomers (First) | What to Know About the Eat…
10 months, 1 week ago
Summer Friday: Project 2025; The Jersey Shore; Young Men & the Left; Decade-by-Decade Best Sellers
Episode 1545
For this "Summer Friday" we've put together some of our favorite conversations this year:
David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of …10 months, 1 week ago
The Animal Shelters are Full
Episode 1542
The animal shelters in New York are full. There are feral cat colonies around the city. So what do we do? Will Zweigart, executive director of Flatbu…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Gen Z Intimacy Recession
Episode 1544
Carter Sherman, author of The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future (Gallery Books, 2025), and a reproductive health and…
10 months, 1 week ago