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Rep. Pallone on GOP Budget; 'No-Spend' Day; NY Prison...

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2025/02/28

Loading...On today's show: Frank Pallone, U.S. representative (D NJ 6th), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, talks about the budget passed by House Republicans that he says will "take health care away from millions of Americans." John Nichols, national-affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and the author of, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism (Crown, 2023), talks about today's planned protest boycotts and other responses by

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Boycotts, Town Halls, & Other Actions

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2025/02/28

John Nichols, national-affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and the author of, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism (Crown, 2023), talks about today's planned protest boycotts and other responses by those opposed to the early Trump administration actions.

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100 Years of 100 Things: The 'Oscars'

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2025/02/28

As our centennial series continues and with Sunday's Oscar ceremony, Michael Schulman, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears (Harper Collins, 2023), takes us through the decades of Best Picture winners and what they tell us about their time.

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New York Corrections Officers' Illegal Strike

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2025/02/28

Prison guards at upstate New York prisons have walked off the job in an illegal strike to protest working conditions, and a state law that restricts solitary confinement. Jimmy Vielkind, New York State issues reporter for WNYC, reports on what the corrections officers are demanding, conditions for inmates inside the prisons and the tentative deal the state and the union have reached to end the strike.

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The Health Care Cuts in the GOP Budget

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2025/02/28

U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D NJ 6th), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, talks about the budget passed by House Republicans that he says will "take health care away from millions of Americans."

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Banned Book Report

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2025/02/28

Jonathan Friedman, managing director of U.S. free expression and education programs at PEN America, discusses their new analysis of the 4,000 books banned in schools during the 2023-2024 school year.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Newspaper Opinion Sections;...

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2025/02/27

Loading... On today's show: Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, recently announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section, saying that it would now advocate for “personal liberties and free markets." As our centennial series continues, Paul Farhi, former reporter at The Washington Post, where he reported on the news media for 13 years, explains what the new directive means and walks through the history of opinion editorials and their purpose. Steven Fulop, the mayor of

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Planets All in a Row

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2025/02/27

Jackie Faherty, astrophysicist and science educator at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about the rare alignment of the planets, many visible without a telescope.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Newspaper Opinion Sections

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2025/02/27

Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, recently announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section, saying that it would now advocate for “personal liberties and free markets." Paul Farhi, former reporter at The Washington Post, where he reported on the news media for 13 years, explains what the new directive means and walks through the history of opinion editorials and their purpose, as part of our centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things.

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What Trump's 'America First' Worldview Really Means

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2025/02/27

George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), offers analysis of what he calls President Trump's "might makes right" strategy, and the decimation of the United States' soft power through the destruction of USAID. "The Trump World Order" (The Atlantic, Feb. 20, 2025)

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Meet the NJ Governor Candidates: Steven Fulop

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2025/02/27

Steven Fulop, mayor of Jersey City, running for governor in the June primary, talks about his run to be the Democratic nominee for governor and the issues the matter to Jersey City and the state at large.

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The State of the Republicans' 'Big, Beautiful' Budget...

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2025/02/26

Loading... On today's show: Jacob Bogage, Congressional economics correspondent at The Washington Post, and Joseph Rosenberg, senior fellow at the Urban Institute / Tax Policy Center, offer analysis of the Republicans budget plan, how it may or may not advance President Trump's legislative agenda and what it might mean for his tax cuts. 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,

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: 'Quid Pro Quo,' Roosevelt...

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2025/02/26

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 the fallout from the DOJ's interference in his corruption case, plans to close the Roosevelt Hotel as a migrant shelter and the latest campaign news.

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An Upside to Enemies

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2025/02/26

Rachel Feintzeig, writer based in Connecticut, talks about her recent New York Times guest essay "Why You, Too, Need a Nemesis" as listeners share how they've drawn inspiration from proving someone wrong about them.

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The State of the Republicans' 'Big, Beautiful' Budget...

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2025/02/26

Jacob Bogage, Congressional economics correspondent at The Washington Post, and Joseph Rosenberg, senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Tax Policy Center, offer analysis of the Republicans budget plan, how it may or may not advance President Trump's legislative agenda and what it might mean for his tax cuts.

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What to Know About Your Student Loans Under Trump 2.0

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2025/02/26

Charlotte Cowles, financial advice columnist for The Cut, offers advice for federal student loan borrowers who are navigating the complicated system, especially as President Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, and key components of former President Biden's student loan relief plan are tied up in court. Charlotte recommended these organizations for listeners looking for help with their student loans: The Institute of Student Loan Advisors The Student Borrower Protection

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RFK's Moves So Far; EPA Head Lee Zeldin's Moves So...

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2025/02/25

Loading... Today on the show: Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, and Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today wellness reporter, discuss moves made by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including a recent vow to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule and SSRIs. Lisa Friedman, reporter covering climate policy and politics at The New York Times, discusses moves made by the Trump administration's

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NYC Deals With Egg-flation

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2025/02/25

The price of a dozen eggs is surging throughout the New York area. New York Times reporter Dionne Searcey reports on how bird flu is causing the sticker shock on eggs, how different types of businesses are dealing with the cost and how New Yorkers are finding deals. Plus listeners share their tips on where to find affordable eggs and whether the prices are causing them to change up how eggs fit into their diets.

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The Gates' & Other Public Art Favorites

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2025/02/25

Listeners share their memories of Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates” which transformed part of Central Park with orange banners twenty years ago this month, plus other art projects that changed their view of public spaces. More on Central Park's celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Gates.

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EPA Head Lee Zeldin's Moves So Far

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2025/02/25

Lisa Friedman, reporter covering climate policy and politics at The New York Times, discusses moves made by the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency administration, Lee Zeldin, including the administration's attempts to claw back President Biden's funding for "green energy" infrastructure and more.

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