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Monday Morning Politics: A South Carolina Primary Preview

With the next presidential primary taking place in South Carolina, Meg Kinnard, national politics reporter at The Associated Press, writer of their Ground Game newsletter and a South Carolina reside

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Chaos; Meat; Non-Monogamy

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Chaos theory and our political reality(First) | How meat exacerbates the climate crisis(Starts at 30:35) | The polycule: what is e

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Chaos Theory Explains It

Brian Klaas, social scientist, a contributing writer forThe Atlantic, professor of global politics at University College London and the author ofFluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters(

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Financially Dependent Young Adults

Yesterday, Pew Research released a results of a study showing that only 45% of young adults ages 18 to 34 are completely financially independent from their parents. We hear from listeners -- both pare

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Speaker Adams on NYPD Oversight and the State of the City

Adrienne Adams, New York City Council Speaker (District 28, Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill, and South Ozone Park), talks about the mayor's veto of the council bill to

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Honoring the Journalists

Jelani Cobb, dean of the Journalism School at Columbia University and a staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about the 2024 award winners, plus his latest political writing on why Rep

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One Bedroom Families

Inspired by a recent piece in Curbed, listeners share why they choose to live in one bedroom apartments with their children.

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Recapping the 'State of the City'

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, shares clips from and analysis of Mayor Adams's State of the City speech, where he called focused on housing, crime, the influx of migrants and more.

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Why Home and Auto Insurance Are Straining Budgets

The past decade of natural disasters has been the costliest ever, and home and auto insurance companies are taking note. Jean Eaglesham, reporter covering insurance for The Wall Street Journal, explai

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The NY-3 Special Election as a Bellwether

Political observers have their eyes on the special election to replace George Santos in New York's 3rd Congressional district in case it serves as a bellwether for November's elections. Abby Livingsto

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A Look Inside a Polycule

Anya Kamenetz, author of the parenting newsletter The Golden Hour,The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now(Public Affairs, 2022), and advisor to the Aspen Institute a

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The Rent vs. Buy Question in 2024

Mortgage interest rates may be coming down some, but they are still higher than recent lows.Ronda Kaysen, real estate reporter forThe New York the math homebuyers should take into cons

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New Hampshire Results and More

McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlanticand the author of Romney: A Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2023), talks about the results from Tuesday's presidential primary in New Hampshire and its impl

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New York's Giant Medicaid Budget

New York State's Medicaid budget is one of the biggest in the country. Bill Hammond,senior fellow for health policy at the Empire Center, and Elisabeth Benjamin,vice president of Health Initiatives at

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Tuesday Morning Politics With Rep. Mikie Sherrill

U.S. Representative (D, NJ-11)Mikie Sherrilltalks about the latest issues at play in Congress, including aid for Israel and Ukraine, the southern border, the potential deal for an expanded child tax c

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Meat's Role in the Climate Crisis

Kenny Torrella, staff writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section and author of Vox's Meat/Less newsletter, breaks down the role that meat plays in contributing to the climate crisis, from animals' gree

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Your Third Spaces

Per the nature of neoliberal capitalism, much of what was once deemed public space is now private, shrinking the possibilities of places to go without spending money and finding community. Listeners s

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Mayor Adams' Budget 'Whiplash'

Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate Schoo

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Monday Morning Global Politics - Middle East Conflicts Converge into One

There are many conflicts happening in the Middle East right now besides the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist forThe New Yorkerand distinguished fell

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Is Furniture Having A 'Fast Fashion' Moment?

Furnishings that used to last for a decade or more are now holding up for just a few years.Rachel Wolfe, reporter covering consumer trends inThe Wall Street Journal’s life & work w

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Who Should 'Control' the Schools?

With mayoral control of the schools being debated in Albany again, Clara Hemphill, founding editor of and the author of A Brighter Choice: Building a Just School in an Unequal City (

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Your Dog Daughter

Some may scoff, but many pet owners feel their furry friends are more akin to human Wu, staff writer for The Atlantic, discusses the dynamics of the relationships between people and t

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BL Weekend: Michele Norris; 'Doom Loop'?; Rats in Cars

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.What Americans Want to Say About Race and Identity (First) | Is NYC Avoiding the So-Called 'Urban Doom Loop'?(Starts at 39:10) | W

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Is NYC Avoiding the So-Called 'Urban Doom Loop'?

Back in 2022,Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, professor of real estate and finance at Columbia University’s Graduate School of New York City might be stuck in what he called an urban doom loop

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Staying Warm While Working Outside

Listeners who work outdoors call in to share tips on how to keep warm andNathalia Varela, workplace justice supervising attorney at Make the Road New York,explains how employees can assert their right

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Trump’s Second Defamation Trial

Writer E. Jean Carroll is taking former President Donald Trump back to court, this time focusing on what damages, if any, Trump must pay Carroll for defaming her. Andrea Bernstein, journalist reportin

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Library Funding Give and Take

New York City's libraries cut Sunday service after a first round of spending cuts, but Mayor Adams is holding off further cuts for now. Lauren Comito, executive director of Urban Librarians Unite and

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Introducing Blindspot Season 3: The Plague in the Shadows

Kai Wright, the host and managing editor of Notes From America with Kai Wright, andLizzy Ratner, deputy editor atThe Nation,discuss their third season of Blindspot, which focuses on the lesser-told st

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New Fare Evasion Gates and Other Transit News

Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about the latest in the MTA's battle with fare evasion, plus other transit news.

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Why Your Car is a Rat Haven

Rats are resilient creatures, and sometimes their will to survive leads them into the machinery of your car. Jason Munshi-South, urban ecologist and professor of biology at Fordham University, explain

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Call Your Senator: Sen. Gillibrand on Israel-Hamas War and More

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY), talks about her work in Washington, U.S. Middle East policy, funding negotiations, and more.

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A Rabbi Offers Spiritual Tools for Healing

Brian Klaas, social scientist, a contributing writer forThe Atlantic, professor of global politics at University College London and the author ofFluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters(3