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Choosing a College Now

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2025/04/02

Colleges and universities made their acceptances at the end of March, now students have a month to decide. Angel Pérez, CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, talks about the what goes into that decision and how the Trump administration actions might factor in.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: Adams Charges Dismissed,...

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2025/04/02

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including his sharp criticisms of his primary opponent Andrew Cuomo — plus she offers analysis of the political ramifications of big news that the corruption charges against the mayor have been dropped.

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Could Luigi Mangione be Sentenced to Death?

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2025/04/02

Attorney General Pam Bondi has told federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a UnitedHealthCare executive on a midtown street last year. Samantha Max, reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about Bondi's priorities on the issue and how Mangione's status as a folk hero to some figures in - plus she reports on the dismissal with prejudice of the corruption charges against Mayor Adams.

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More Tariffs; NJ Governor Candidate Steve Sweeney;...

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2025/04/01

Loading... On today's show: Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent for Axios, host of the Slate Money Podcast, and author of The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal (‎Harper Business, 2023), talks about President Trump's plans to impose more tariffs this week, which he says will boost U.S. manufacturing. Steve Sweeney, former New Jersey state senator and state senate president, now running for governor of New Jersey, talks about his run to be the Democratic

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Legal Sports Betting and Public Health

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2025/04/01

With the Final Four just ahead, Jonathan Cohen, the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Senior Program Officer for American Institutions, Society, and the Public Good at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the author of Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling (Columbia Global Reports, 2025), talks about the explosive growth of legalized sports betting and its effect on public health, beyond the games and the money.

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April 1 Extra

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2025/04/01

Brian Lehrer shares his plans for today, April 1, with guest host Matt Katz. ...note: This is part of our yearly April Fool's coverage.

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Should You Delete Your 23andMe Data -- Even if it's...

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2025/04/01

When 23andMe declared bankruptcy last week, attorney generals in multiple states including New York advised users to delete their data. Max Eddy, writer at Wirecutter covering privacy, security, and software, explains how to do it and why this kind of data is particularly important to keep private.

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Meet the NJ Governor Candidate: Steve Sweeney

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2025/04/01

Steve Sweeney, former New Jersey state senator and state senate president, now running for governor of New Jersey, talks about his run to be the Democratic nominee for governor and the issues the matter to voters in the state.

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Reciprocal Tariffs for 'Liberation Day'

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2025/04/01

Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent at Axios, host of the Slate Money Podcast, and author of The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal (‎Harper Business, 2023), talks about President Trump's plans to impose "reciprocal tariffs," which he says will boost US manufacturing.

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Monday Morning Politics; How to Compost in NYC (Now...

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2025/03/31

Loading... On today's show: Jim Newell, Slate's senior politics writer, breaks down the latest national politics headlines from over the weekend. Everyone in NYC is supposed to be composting already, but starting Tuesday, the city will start issuing fines to property owners for violations. Liam Quigley, reporter covering parks & sanitation for Gothamist and WNYC, shares how compliance is going so far (spoiler alert: not well!) and explains how to compost according to the city's

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Baseball's Back in New York City

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2025/03/31

Both the Mets and Yankees have had their first few games of Major League Baseball's 2025 season. Deesha Thosar, MLB writer for Fox Sports who covers the Mets and Yankees, recaps what happened on the off season, and how New York's teams are doing so far.

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How to Compost in NYC

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2025/03/31

Everyone in NYC is supposed to be composting already, but starting Tuesday, the city will start issuing fines to property owners for violations. Liam Quigley, parks and sanitation reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, shares how compliance is going so far (spoiler alert: not well!) and explains how to compost according to the city's rules.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Greenwich Village

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2025/03/31

As our centennial series continues, John Strausbaugh, author of The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village (Ecco, 2013) and most recently, The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned (PublicAffairs (2024), takes us through the rich history of Greenwich Village. ⇒Listen to the 1959 WNYC documentary "Footloose in Greenwich Village"

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Monday Morning Politics: Talks of a Trump Third Term,...

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2025/03/31

Jim Newell, Slate's senior politics writer, breaks down the latest national politics headlines from over the weekend, the latest on President Donald Trump's remarks on a potential third term, "Signalgate" and more.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: The Red Scare; The...

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2025/03/29

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Clay Risen, New York Times reporter and the author of Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America (Scribner, 2025), on his new book (First) | Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker, on why young men are shifting to the Right (Starts at 31:05) | Avery Trufelman, host of the podcast Articles of Interest, delves into the last 100 years of preppies and their clothes (Starts at 59:10)If you don't

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Another Student Detained; Outdoor Dining Returns; How...

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2025/03/28

Loading...On today's show: A doctoral student at Tufts University was detained in an arrest that was caught on video and shared widely and accused of supporting Hamas by the Department of Homeland Security. Lindsay Nash, associate and clinical professor of law at Cardozo Law and co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, offers legal analysis of this and other arrests of pro-Palestinian immigrants. New York City's outdoor dining season officially begins on Tuesday

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Another Student Detained Over Pro-Palestinian Views

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2025/03/28

A doctoral student at Tufts University was detained in an arrest that was caught on video and shared widely and accused of supporting Hamas by the Department of Homeland Security. Lindsay Nash, associate and clinical professor of law at Cardozo Law and co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, offers legal analysis of this and other arrests of pro-Palestinian immigrants.

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Staying Sharp During Retirement

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2025/03/28

Mohana Ravindranath, reporter covering longevity, aging and brain health at The New York Times, breaks down her latest reporting on how to stay mentally sharp and healthy through the major transition of going into retirement.

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Outdoor Dining Season Begins

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2025/03/28

New York City's outdoor dining season officially begins on Tuesday. Ryan Kailath, WNYC/Gothamist arts and culture reporter, reports on the confusing and expensive new process restaurants must go through to be approved, and how this year's outdoor setups will compare to the pandemic-era boom in outdoor dining.

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How the Left Can Connect with Young Men

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2025/03/28

Young men broke heavily for Trump in November, Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation (Viking Press, 2019), discusses the reason behind this phenomena and how the left can make gains in this demographic.

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