Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat the Film & TV Industry Thinks of Pres. Trump's Tariff Announcement
Episode 1298
Last week, President Trump declared on Truth Social that he would place a 100% tariff on movies made outside the United States. Listeners who work in…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Facts (and Myths) of Water Fluoridation
Episode 1297
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridatio…
11 months, 1 week ago
NJ's Democratic Candidates for Governor Speak
Episode 1295
Michael Hill, WNYC Morning Edition host and Briana Vannozzi, anchor for NJ Spotlight News, recap and offer analysis of a conversation between New Jer…
11 months, 1 week ago
The NYPD Gang Database
Episode 1296
Civil rights groups in New York City have filed a lawsuit challenging the NYPD's gang database, which these groups call discriminatory. Meanwhile, Ci…
11 months, 1 week ago
300 Years of Critiquing Capitalism
Episode 1293
John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI (Macmillan…
11 months, 1 week ago
SCOTUS End of Term Preview
Episode 1294
Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law, previews the end of the Supreme Court term, plus remembers the late Justice So…
11 months, 1 week ago
100 Years of 100 Things: Yogi Berra
Episode 1292
As our centennial series continues, listeners share memories of Yankee great Yogi Berra, who also played for and managed the Mets (about whom he said…
11 months, 1 week ago
Charter Revision Ideas
Episode 1291
Richard Buery, CEO of Robin Hood and chair of the Charter Revision Commission convened by Mayor Adams, talks about the commission's preliminary repor…
11 months, 1 week ago
Brian Lehrer Weekend: A New Pope; Bob Costas; The Music of Celia Cruz
Episode 1290
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
Who is Pope Leo XIV? (First) | Legendary sportscaster Bob Costas (Starts at 44:…
11 months, 1 week ago
Speed Cameras Coming for Bridges and Tunnels
Episode 1288
Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about a deal that will allow the MTA to install speed cameras on bridges and tunnels in t…
11 months, 1 week ago