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100 Years of 100 Things: Women in the Military

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2025/04/30

As our centennial series continues, Katherine Sharp Landdeck, professor of history and director of Pioneers Oral History Project at Texas Woman's University and the author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II (Crown, 2020), talks about American women in the military over the last century.

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The Politics and Policy of Empowering Skilled Workers

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2025/04/30

Blair Corcoran de Castillo, vice president of public sector and policy at Opportunity@Work, and Tony Gherardini, executive director at the Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration, talk about how state governments and public agencies are rethinking hiring, training, and credential requirements to open up opportunity for STARs—workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes.Support of WNYC’s coverage of economic mobility and opportunity is provided in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates

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City Politics: The Candidates on Subway Crime

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2025/04/30

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, and Ramsey Khalifeh, Gothamist and WNYC transportation reporter, share their reporting on how candidates are approaching a big issue on voters' minds: public safety, crime and homelessness in the subway system.

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NYS Budget Deal; Assessing the First 100 Days of...

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2025/04/29

Loading... On today's show: Gov. Hochul announced a tentative budget agreement, almost one month late. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on where the big policy issues landed, including on a cell phone ban in schools, masks and discovery laws -- plus the financial details of the deal. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, offers his assessment of the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, and the opposition that

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National Politics and Your College Decisions

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2025/04/29

College decision day is May 1st, but students and their families have a lot more to think about this year than in the past. Listeners call in to share how they're considering where to go to school in the fall given the political firestorm surrounding universities across the United States.

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Assessing the First 100 Days of Trump 2.0

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2025/04/29

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, offers his assessment of the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, and the opposition that is beginning to form.

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NYC Health Department Braces for Federal Budget Cuts

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2025/04/29

Michelle Morse, M.D., interim commissioner of health at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and an internal medicine and public health doctor, talks about the areas where the health department says it will really feel the impact of federal budget cuts, including responding to disease outbreaks, vaccine outreach and more.

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Music & History from the Navy Yard

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2025/04/29

Jad Abumrad, composer, musician and storyteller, creator of WNYC's Radiolab, Dolly Parton's America, and More Perfect, a professor of research at Vanderbilt University, and the co-composer and librettist for Port(al), and Dianne Berkun Menaker, Brooklyn Youth Chorus founder and artistic director and co-creator of Port(al), talk about the new site-specific work about the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. They're joined by chorus member Josie Devlin.

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New York State Has a Budget Deal

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2025/04/29

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a tentative budget agreement almost one month late. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on where the big policy issues landed, including on a cell phone ban in schools, masks and discovery laws—plus the financial details of the deal.

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Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim; Native American...

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2025/04/28

Loading... On today's show: Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey. President Donald Trump recently asked U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to intervene in defense of the Massapequa school district, saying the school should be able to their use of Native American mascots, names and logos. Darwin Yanes, Newsday education reporter, explains the latest on the entrenched battle between the Long Island public school district, the New

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Trump Weighs in on Native American Mascots

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2025/04/28

President Donald Trump recently asked U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to intervene in defense of the Massapequa school district, saying the school should be able to continue their use of Native American mascots, names and logos. Darwin Yanes, Newsday education reporter, explains the latest on the entrenched battle between the Long Island public school district, the New York Education Department — and now — the president.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Immigrant Detention

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2025/04/28

As our centennial series continues, Ana Raquel Minian, associate professor of history at Stanford and the author of In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States (Viking, 2024), reviews U.S. detention of immigrants over the past century.

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Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on Democracy,...

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2025/04/28

U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey. Topics this week include the state of Democracy in the buildup to the midterm elections, tariffs and ceasefire in Ukraine.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Janno Lieber; Goodbye...

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2025/04/26

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.MTA Chair Janno Lieber on Congestion Pricing, Penn Station and More (First) | Goodbye to Federal Regulations (Starts at 39:00) | 100 Years of 100 Things: Street Photography (Starts at 1:04:00)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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New York State Budget Update; Rep. Mike Lawler;...

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2025/04/25

Loading...On today's show: Nick Reisman, Politico New York reporter covering New York state government and politics and co-author of the New York Playbook, talks about the status of the New York State budget, due April 1. U.S. Representative (R, NY-17) Mike Lawler talks about the issues facing his district and the country and his role as part of the Republican majority in Congress. David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic daily newsletter, plus author of

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Your Career Pivots

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2025/04/25

Listeners share stories of navigating career pivots at moments when they felt their college degree took them as far as it could go.

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Catching Up on Project 2025

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2025/04/25

David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic daily newsletter, plus author of The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2025), looks at where the initial actions of the Trump administration align with the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, and what's still to come.

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Friday Morning Politics: Rep. Lawler

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2025/04/25

Mike Lawler, U.S. Representative (R, NY-17), talks about the issues facing his district and the country and his role as part of the Republican majority in Congress.

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An Autism Advocate's Take on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s...

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2025/04/25

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent comments on autistic Americans sparked massive backlash from the community last week. Now, there's news that the National Institute of Health's new autism study is collecting private medical records from Americans. Colin Killick, executive director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, provides his perspective on the impact RFK Jr.'s rhetoric and latest actions are having on the autistic community during Autism Acceptance Month.

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Albany Budget Update

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2025/04/25

Nick Reisman, Politico New York reporter covering New York state government and politics and co-author of the New York Playbook, talks about the issues holding up the New York State budget negotiations, due April 1.

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