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City Council Overrides Mayor's Vetoes
Episode 1645
Jeffery Mays, New York Times reporter covering politics with a focus on New York City Hall, talks about the new worker and vendor protections passed …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Your Family's 'Secret Language'
Episode 1644
A recent Washington Post article explained how most families have a secret language that only they understand, or a "familect" as some linguists call…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How Trump May Be Changing the Elections Process
Episode 1642
Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight t…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Improving Ticket-Buying; NYC's Rat Czar; Saving Monarch Butterflies
Episode 1646
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
Lawmakers Attempt to Improve the Ticket-Buying Experience (First) | The City's…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How Economic Trends Are Reshaping Restaurants
Episode 1641
As the US economy and consumer preferences fluctuate, listeners in the restaurant industry and their customers share how they're adapting to tariffs,…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Democrats' Shutdown Debate
Episode 1639
Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox and the author of The Reactionary Spirit: How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the Worl…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
What Happens After France’s Government "Collapse"
Episode 1632
This week, the French government lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, forcing the prime minister François Bayrou and his cabinet to resig…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Lawmakers Attempt to Improve the Ticket-Buying Experience
Episode 1640
James Skoufis, New York State Senator (D - 42nd District), talks about his bill that would regulate the live events ticketing industry, plus shares w…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Charlie Kirk's Killing and Political Violence in America
Episode 1638
Kelly Drane, research director at Giffords Law Center, Ned Parker, investigative reporter at Thomson Reuters, and McKay Coppins, staff writer at The …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Helping Monarch Butterflies Thrive in NYC
Episode 1637
Benji Jones, senior environmental correspondent at Vox, shares his reporting on how cities like New York can nurture threatened species, including mo…
10 months, 4 weeks ago