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New Leadership at FDNY

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2024/09/06

Robert Tucker, commissioner of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), talks about his new role and the challenges facing the department, and Daniel Flynn, chief fire marshal of the FDNY Bureau of Fire Investigation (BFI), discusses the department's efforts to prevent lithium-ion battery fires. correction: There have been 31 deaths from lithium-ion battery fires since 2021, not since last year.

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Are the Mets & Yankees Headed for the Post-Season?

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2024/09/06

For only the sixth time, both the Mets and the Yankees teams could make the playoffs. Brendan Kuty, MLB staff writer for The Athletic, assesses the chances of October baseball in NYC and the state of the game.

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Gun Violence and the 2024 Election

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2024/09/06

A school shooting in Georgia this week has thrust gun violence back into the spotlight, as both presidential contenders (and their VPs) clarify their positions. Chip Brownlee, a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit news site covering gun violence, breaks down what we know about the shooting, gun violence in schools and what each candidate has proposed to address the issue.

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First Day of School; Why Hotel Workers Are Striking;...

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2024/09/05

Loading... On today's show: Jessica Gould, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about the issues facing the education department, like Pre-K and whether to ban cellphone use in classes as the school year gets started. Over Labor Day weekend, as many as 10,200 hotel workers went on strike nationwide. Chris Isidore, senior writer for CNN Business, explains the conditions that led to the strike, which impacted 9 cities, and why it's the second year in a row that hotel workers walked off of the job. A

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Going From Extrovert to Introvert

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2024/09/05

A recent op-ed in Slate written by a psychiatrist notes how the author, and her patients, are recently starting to identify as introverted. Listeners who found their personalities have shifted from extrovert to introvert call in to share what inspired the change, what difficulties it may sometimes cause and how they're dealing with it.

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Abortion on the Ballot

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2024/09/05

A ballot measure to protect and expand abortion rights will be on the ballot in Florida this year. Grace Panetta, political reporter at The 19th, and Kimberly Leonard, Politico politics reporter and author of Florida Playbook, explain the measure and why former President Donald Trump, who is registered to vote in Florida, has publicly said he'd vote against it.

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Why Hotel Workers Are Striking (Again)

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2024/09/05

Over Labor Day weekend, thousands of hotel workers went on strike nationwide. Chris Isidore, senior writer for CNN Business, explains the conditions that led to the strike, which impacted nine cities, the broader issues and why it's the second year in a row that hotel workers walked off of the job. Plus, he looks ahead to potential strikes at ports, United, and Boeing and the latest on the sale of US Steel to a Japanese company.

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First Day of School Report

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2024/09/05

Jessica Gould, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about the issues facing the education department, like whether to ban cellphone use in classes and Pre-K, as the school year gets started.

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Wednesday Morning Politics; City Hall News; 100 Years...

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2024/09/04

Loading... On today's show: Domenico Montanaro, NPR's senior political editor/correspondent, talks about the latest on the presidential race and other national politics. 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. As our centennial series continues, Brad DeLong, economic historian, professor of economics at the University of

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U.S. Open Turnout Hits New Record

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2024/09/04

Night-session attendance totals broke U.S. Open records this year. Matthew Futterman, senior writer for The Athletic, the sports unit of The New York Times, explains why the draw is so big all of a sudden and listeners call in to share why they attend the tournament.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Employment and Unemployment

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2024/09/04

As our centennial series continues, Brad DeLong, economic historian, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury under Clinton, and the author of Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Long 20th Century, 1870-2010 (Basic Books, 2022), reviews the past century of work and the technology and other trends that affected employment.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: West Indian Day Parade, 3-K...

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2024/09/04

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. Topics this week: violence at the West Indian Day Parade, 3-K and more.

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Wednesday Morning Politics: Post-Labor Day Campaigning

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2024/09/04

Domenico Montanaro, NPR's senior political editor/correspondent, talks about the latest on the presidential race, including the campaigns' efforts around voting and certifying vote counts.

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Dispatch from Pennsylvania; Heavy Rains and High...

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2024/09/03

Loading... On today's show: Steve Ulrich, managing editor at PoliticsPA, talks about the presidential race from the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. Roxanne L. Scott, independent journalist working on a series with the New York Amsterdam News about climate change in Southeast Queens, discusses her reporting on how climate change has brought heavy rains and high tides to predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods in Southeast Queens, including the property damages residents are

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Dispatch from Pennsylvania

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2024/09/03

Steve Ulrich, managing editor at PoliticsPA, talks about the presidential race from the critical swing state of Pennsylvania.

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Adult 'Gap Years'

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2024/09/03

"Mini-retirements," or adult gap years, are a rising trend among burnt-out worker bees. Charlotte Cowles, financial-advice columnist at New York Magazine's The Cut, reports on the trend among younger workers, as listeners call in to share personal stories and wisdom about taking extended time off from work.

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'The Rule of Law' and Trump's Indictments

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2024/09/03

Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2024), talks about his new book, plus the latest on the Trump federal indictments.

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Why NYC's Black Neighborhoods are Most Affected by...

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2024/09/03

Roxanne L. Scott, independent journalist working on a series with the NY Amsterdam News about climate change in Southeast Queens, discusses her reporting on how climate change has brought heavy rains and high tides to predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods in Southeast Queens, including the property damages residents are experiencing, and efforts the city has made to combat these inequities.

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Labor Day: 100 Years of Unions; Doris Kearns Goodwin;...

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2024/09/02

For this Labor Day: Continuing our centennial series, Joseph McCartin, professor of history and executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and the author of several books and co-author with Melvyn Dubofsky of Labor in America: A History (Wiley-Blackwell, 9th edition, 2017), traces the last hundred years of unionization and de-unionization in the U.S. Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian, author of many books, including Team of

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100 Years of 100 Things: Unions

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2024/09/02

Continuing our centennial series, Joseph McCartin, professor of history and executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and the author of several books and co-author with Melvyn Dubofsky of Labor in America: A History (Wiley-Blackwell, 9th edition, 2017), traces the last hundred years of unionization and de-unionization in the U.S.

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