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100 Years of 100 Things: Modernism

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2025/01/08

As our centennial series continues, Victoria Rosner, dean of the Gallatin School at NYU and the author of Machines for Living: Modernism and Domestic Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), talks about the post-World War I development of modernism (and post-modernism) across the arts and beyond.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: Perception vs. Reality of...

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2025/01/08

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. This week's topics include how he's fighting the perception of crime in subways, whether city workers will receive exemptions from congestion pricing, the possibility of new criminal charges against the mayor, and more.

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Meta Prepares for Trump 2.0

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2025/01/08

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that its social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram and Threads—will stop using third-party fact-checkers and rely solely on its users to flag misinformation. Mike Isaac, New York Times reporter covering tech companies and Silicon Valley, explains why the company is repositioning its policy and how that may favor President-elect Donald Trump's second administration. Plus, Yael Eisenstat, senior fellow at Cybersecurity for Democracy and former global head

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Possible Doctors Strike; Mayoral Primary 2025:...

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2025/01/07

Loading... On today's show: Doctors at four of the city's public hospitals are threatening to strike to protest working conditions, pay and other issues that are part of their stalled contract negotiations. Gray Ballinger, primary care physician at H+H/Queens Hospital Center, explains what's at stake for the physicians, and the largely low-income patients who depend on the public hospitals for care. New York State Assembly Member Zohran K. Mamdani (D-36, Queens) talks about his campaign for

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Health and Climate with Rep. Pallone

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2025/01/07

U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D NJ 6th), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, kicks off the new weekly series with a discussion of the work of the committee and what to expect under the new administration.

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New Year's Resolutions One Week In

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2025/01/07

It's been one week since people's New Year's resolutions began. Listeners call in to share how it's going so far, whether they've fallen off and how they can encourage others to keep going.

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Mayoral Primary 2025: Assembly Member Mamdani

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2025/01/07

New York State Assembly Member Zohran K. Mamdani (D-36, Queens) talks about his campaign for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City, plus what he'll be focusing on in the next New York State legislative session.

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City Doctors Threaten to Strike

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2025/01/07

Doctors at four of the city's public hospitals are threatening to strike to protest working conditions, pay and other issues that are part of their stalled contract negotiations. Gray Ballinger, MD, primary care physician at H+H/Queens Hospital Center, explains what's at stake for the physicians, and the largely low-income patients who depend on the public hospitals for care.

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Congestion Pricing Launches; Record High...

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2025/01/06

Loading... On today's show: Clayton Guse, WNYC/Gothamist editor, talks about the latest on congestion pricing, which went into effect yesterday, plus the ongoing problem of random subway attacks. Homelessness in the United States hit record high in 2024. Jennifer Ludden, NPR national correspondent who covers housing and homelessness, and Peter Hepburn, associate director of Eviction Lab and an assistant professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark, explain some of the factors of why

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What Did You Name Your New Baby?

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2025/01/06

The New York City health department's most recent tally of top baby names put Liam and Emma on top. Listeners call in to share what they named their newborns this year, and whether the name landed on the top 10 list, or if they drew from the past or another well to find a unique name for their new baby.

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Congestion Pricing Kicks Off

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2025/01/06

WNYC/Gothamist editor Clayton Guse talks about the start of congestion pricing in Manhattan as listeners react, plus other transit news.

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100 Years of 100 Things: US Mortality Causes

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2025/01/06

As the centennial series continues, Mark Mather, demographer and associate vice president for U.S. Programs at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), walks us through the shifts in U.S. mortality statistics over the past 100 years.

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Homelessness Hits Record High

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2025/01/06

Homelessness in the United States hit record high in 2024. Jennifer Ludden, NPR national correspondent covers housing and homelessness, and Peter Hepburn, associate director of Eviction Lab and an assistant professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark, explain some of the factors of why the rates increased by double digits.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: NJ Gov Race; Context for A...

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2025/01/04

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.NJ Gubernatorial Primary Campaign Kicks Off (First) | Context and a Movie: A Complete Unknown (Starts at 34:0 0) | Previewing All Of It's Public Song Project 2025 (Starts at 52:00)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Rep. Tom Suozzi; NJ's Gubernatorial Primary Campaign...

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2025/01/03

Loading... On today's show: US Representative (D, NY-3) Tom Suozzi talks about working across the aisle in the Republican-controlled House. Voters in New Jersey will head to the polls in June to vote in the gubernatorial primary election. Charles Stile, political columnist at The Record / northjersey.com, offers political analysis of both the Republican and Democratic candidates running to be New Jersey's next governor. Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE

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Rep. Suozzi on the New Congress

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2025/01/03

US Representative (D NY3) Tom Suozzi talks about working across the aisle in the Republican-controlled House.

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Previewing All Of It's Public Song Project 2025

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2025/01/03

The WNYC show All of It's "Public Song Project" invites musicians to incorporate works of art that have entered the public domain into new compositions. All of It producer Simon Close shares music that well-known artists have already created. → EVENT: Join the All Of It team at Joe's Pub on Wednesday, January 8th at 7PM ET. Tickets available for purchase here.

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NYC Economic Forecast

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2025/01/03

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 School of Journalism, talks about what to expect for the local economy in 2025.

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NJ Gubernatorial Primary Campaign Kicks Off

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2025/01/03

Voters in New Jersey will head to the polls in June to vote in the gubernatorial primary election. Charles Stile, political columnist at The Record / northjersey.com, offers political analysis of both the Republican and Democratic candidates running to be New Jersey's next governor.

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Thursday Morning Politics; Mayoral Primary Kicks Off;...

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2025/01/02

Loading... On today's show Molly Ball, senior political correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, discusses the latest in national political news. Ben Max, host of the Max Politics podcast and executive editor and program director at New York Law School’s Center for New York City Law, previews New York City's mayoral primary season, as Democratic challengers vie to replace Mayor Eric Adams. As our centennial series continues, Mark Mather, demographer and associate vice president for U.S

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