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Celebrating NYC's Forests

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2025/10/03

Sophia Wohl, deputy director of stewardship, environment and planning at NYC Parks Department, talks about Saturday's celebrations of City of Forest Day with events around town, plus offers guidance for caring for the trees and forests near you. => City of Forest Day events

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The Trump Admin and LGBTQ New Yorkers

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2025/10/03

Giulia Heyward, WNYC and Gothamist reporter, talks about how New York officials are dealing with the Trump administration's attempts to roll back legal protections for the LGBTQ community.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: New Jersey Transit

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2025/10/03

Larry Higgs, commuting and transport reporter at NJ Advance Media, talks about the state of NJ Transit and where the candidates stand on tolls, construction of new transit projects, congestion pricing and more.

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As Goes New Jersey?

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2025/10/03

Russell Berman, a staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about the New Jersey governor's race and its national bellwether status, plus the latest shutdown news. "The Blue State That’s Now a Bellwether" (The Atlantic, Sept 29, 2025)

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Why More Young People are Getting Early-Onset Cancers

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2025/10/02

More young people under the age of 50 are getting diagnosed with early-onset cancers and researchers are trying to figure out why. Nina Agrawal, health reporter for The New York Times, explains what they have found so far, and what is still unknown. =>"Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer?" (New York Times, Oct. 1, 2025)

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Thursday Morning Politics: Government Shutdown Day 2

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2025/10/02

Politico congressional reporter Nicholas Wu talks about the latest on the federal shutdown and other national political news.

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Your Optimal Morning Routine

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2025/10/02

Inspired by an article in The Atlantic that shares recommendations for a "happy start to the day," listeners call in to share their morning routines, and explain why it helps them get going; plus Michael Hill, WNYC's Morning Edition host, shares his ultra-early routine.

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Shutdown Politics; Taxation in New Jersey; Young...

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2025/10/02

Loading... On today's show: Politico congressional reporter Nicholas Wu talks about the latest on the federal shutdown and other national political news. John Reitmeyer, budget and finance writer at NJ Spotlight News, talks about taxation in New Jersey and where the candidates stand on property taxes, the mansion tax, taxing millionaires, and more. More young people under the age of 50 are getting diagnosed with early-onset cancers and researchers are trying to figure out why. Nina Agrawal,

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Taxation in New Jersey

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2025/10/02

John Reitmeyer, budget and finance writer at NJ Spotlight News, talks about taxation in New Jersey and where the candidates stand on property taxes, the mansion tax, taxing millionaires, and more.

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Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on the Shutdown and...

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2025/10/01

U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about the government shutdown, U.S. military leadership, and more.

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Sen. Andy Kim; Campus Speech and Politics; City...

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2025/10/01

Loading... On today's show: U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about the shutdown-related news, plus his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey. Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University and the author of Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right (Hachette, 2025), talks about issues of free speech and campus politics at Princeton, and the university's relationship with the Trump administration. Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leader, host of MSNBC’s

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City Politics and 30 Issues in 30 Days: Racial...

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2025/10/01

Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leader, host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN) and the author of Righteous Troublemakers (Hanover Square Press, 2022), discusses the remaining mayoral candidates after Mayor Adams' withdrawal from the race and the issues of racial justice and inequality. Then, Gothamist and WNYC reporter Elizabeth Kim and Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and

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Princeton President Talks Campus Speech and Politics

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2025/10/01

Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University and the author of Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right (Hachette, 2025), talks about issues of free speech and campus politics at Princeton, and the university's relationship with the Trump administration.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Involuntary Hospitalization; AI...

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2025/09/30

Loading... On today's show: Brian Stettin, senior advisor on severe mental illness for the Office of the New York City Mayor, and Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., consultant at Hogan Health Solutions and New York State Commissioner of Mental Health from 2007-2012, debate whether the city and state's policy of involuntarily hospitalizing New Yorkers displaying signs of severe mental illness is humane and effective ahead of the November mayoral election. Vilas Dhar, president of the Patrick J. McGovern

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Covering Climate for a Spanish-Language Audience

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2025/09/30

Vanessa Hauc, anchor and director of Noticias Telemundo’s environmental investigative unit, Planeta Tierra, and one of three winners of the Covering Climate Now Journalist of the Year award, talks about her award and her reporting on the climate crisis, focused on solutions that are already happening around the world, plus how the Latino community is one of the most vulnerable to the crisis here and abroad.

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The U.N. Talks Artificial Intelligence

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2025/09/30

Vilas Dhar, president of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Body on AI, talks about the two new institutions created by the United Nations to study and discuss the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence, and his goals for governing this emerging technology so that it serves the public good.

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Which Casinos Will Win Support?

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2025/09/30

Nick Garber, politics reporter at Crain's New York Business, shares the latest on the competing downstate casino proposals, just after Steve Cohen's Willets Point casino proposal wins approval from its community advisory committee, leaving four proposed casinos to vie for up to three state licenses to be awarded by the state by December 1.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Involuntary Hospitalization of...

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2025/09/30

Brian Stettin, senior advisor on severe mental illness for the Office of the New York City Mayor, and Michael F. Hogan, PhD, consultant at Hogan Health Solutions and New York State Commissioner of Mental Health from 2007-2012, debate whether the city and state's policy of involuntarily hospitalizing New Yorkers displaying signs of severe mental illness is humane and effective ahead of the November mayoral election.

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Your Most and Least Favorite Seasons

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2025/09/29

As fall has begun (not that you'd know it from the weather around here), listeners call in to share what their most and least favorite seasons are, and why.

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Big Changes Coming to the H-1B Visa Program

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2025/09/29

Jorge Loweree, managing director of programs and strategy at the American Immigration Council, talks about the changes the Trump Administration has instituted for the H-1B visa program, and what it might mean for foreign workers and the companies that hire them.

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