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Why Do People Run Marathons?

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2024/11/01

Ahead of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, listeners call in to share why they are running, what they get out of it and shout out who has supported them in their journeys.

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Bob Woodward on Ukraine, the Middle East & the Election

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2024/11/01

Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, associate editor at the Washington Post and the author of many books, including his latest, War (Simon and Schuster, 2024), talks about his new book covering the presidential candidates' policies toward the war in Ukraine and the Middle East and the election, plus he responds to the Post's decision not to endorse in that race.

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The Nuts and Bolts of Voting in New York and New Jersey

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2024/11/01

Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, and Henal Patel, director of the Law & Policy program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ), talk about the nuts and bolts of how to vote in New York and New Jersey, and what to do if problems arise.

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Your Political Halloween Costumes

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2024/10/31

Listeners call in to share the political costume they are donning for Halloween, which this year falls just days before the consequential presidential election.

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America, Are We Ready to Fix the Media?; Your...

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2024/10/31

Loading... On today's show: WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season. Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media, discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endorsements, the role of mis- and disinformation and more. Listeners call in to share the political costume they are donning for Halloween, which this year falls just days before the

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America, Are We Ready to Fix the Media?

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2024/10/31

WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season. Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endorsements, the role of mis- and disinformation and more.

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Candidates' Closing Arguments; Reporters Ask the...

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2024/10/30

Loading... On today's show: Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, where both Harris and Trump are making their closing arguments to voters. 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

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Why It Feels Like Major Food Recalls are Everywhere

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2024/10/30

From McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers to frozen waffles to deli meats, it seems like food recalls are all over the place. Ellen Ioanes, world and weekend reporter at Vox, reports on why this is happening, and what to know as a consumer.

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Wednesday Morning Politics: Candidates Make Their...

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2024/10/30

Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, where both Harris and Trump are making their closing arguments to voters.

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Your Book Club's Reading List

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2024/10/30

Listeners call in to share what their book clubs are reading this month, and Jordan Lauf, producer for All Of It talks about Get Lit's latest pick and upcoming event.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: Who Does The Mayor Support...

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2024/10/30

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 which presidential candidate the Mayor is getting behind and why.

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NY's Prop 1; Fred Kaplan on Reality & Satire in DC;...

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2024/10/29

Loading... On today's show: New Yorkers are voting on Proposition 1, which would add some new protections to the state constitution. Liz Krueger, New York State senator (D, WF - 28th, Manhattan's East Side ), chair of the finance committee (and one of the key legislators behind Prop 1), explains the thinking behind the measure, then, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, talks about what it would do, and how the arguments for and against it have broken down along partisan

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Fred Kaplan on Reality & Satire in DC

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2024/10/29

Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), talks about the latest news on global conflicts, plus his new novel. EVENT: Fred Kaplan will be in conversation with Brooke Gladstone, Host of On the Media tonight, October 29th from 7 to 8 pm, at Community Bookstore at 143 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

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The Battle Over Prop 1 on the NY Ballot

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2024/10/29

New Yorkers are voting on Proposition 1, which would add some new protections to the state constitution. Liz Krueger, New York State senator (D, WF - 28th, Manhattan's East Side ), chair of the finance committee (and one of the key legislators behind Prop 1), explains the thinking behind the measure, then, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, talks about what it would do, and how the arguments for and against it have broken down along partisan lines.

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Sandy Anniversary Call-In

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2024/10/29

Twelve years later, and as massive storms remain a threat to coastal communities and beyond, listeners reflect on the experience of Superstorm Sandy, what they learned and what has changed.

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The State of the World's Biodiversity

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2024/10/29

More than one-third of all tree species are at risk of extinction, and many wild animal species are, too. With the world's biodiversity in stark decline, delegates from nearly every country in the world are in Cali, Colombia for COP16, the UN biodiversity summit. Benji Jones, environmental correspondent at Vox, discusses the key takeaways from the conference.

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Swing State Check-in: Nevada; New York Community...

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2024/10/28

Loading... On today's show: Lucia Starbuck, political reporter and host of Purple Politics Nevada at KUNR, talks about the issues animating voters in the swing state of Nevada, what the polls show about Trump and Harris's chances of winning the state, and the unique political dynamics at play. Amy Freitag, president of the New York Community Trust, talks about the work of the trust, the changing needs of New Yorkers, and how to participate in its future. As part of our centennial series "100

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100 Years of 100 Things: American Socialism

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2024/10/28

As part of our centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, editor emeritus of Dissent and the author of several books, including What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party (FSG, 2022) and American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation (Knopf, 2011), traces the history of socialism in America.

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A Long History of Doing Good

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2024/10/28

Amy Freitag, president of the New York Community Trust, talks about the work of the trust, its centennial, the changing needs of New Yorkers, and how to participate in its future.

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Swing State Check-in: Nevada

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2024/10/28

Lucia Starbuck, political reporter and host of Purple Politics Nevada at KUNR Public Radio, talks about the issues animating voters in the swing state of Nevada, what the polls show about Trump and Harris's chances of winning the state, and the unique political dynamics at play.

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