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Caitlin Clark and the 2024 WNBA Season So Far

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2024/06/05

Cassandra Negley, WNBA and women's college basketball reporter at Yahoo Sports, discusses the stories of the WNBA season so far.→ Why the Caitlin Clark-Chennedy Carter incident has struck such a chord with the public

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Primary Day in NJ; Climate Justice in Albany;...

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2024/06/04

Loading... On today's show: Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, talks about what there is to know for New Jersey voters on primary day, where they'll be voting to choose their party's candidates for president, senate and many other offices, without the so-called "county line" ballot design. Plus listeners call in to participate in an informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific exit poll. Two climate-related bills still hang in the

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Expanding Rights in State Courts

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2024/06/04

After Dobbs and other Supreme Court decisions that restrict rights, Eyal Press, contributing writer at The New Yorker and the author of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America (Macmillan, 2021), talks about renewed efforts to focus on the rights found in individual state constitutions. "Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights?" (New Yorker, June 3, 2024)

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Why 'Tradwives' are Trending

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2024/06/04

From NFL superstars to TikTok moms, discussion about the role of women in society have been all over the internet for months. Monica Hesse, columnist for The Washington Post's Style section, who frequently writes about gender and its impact on society, discusses her recent essays on the rise of 'tradwives,' and how most people's lives intersect and diverge from the "tradwife" life.

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Climate Justice's Last Push in Albany

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2024/06/04

Two climate-related bills still hang in the balance in Albany this legislative session: the NY HEAT Act and the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. Activists Courtney Williams, founder of Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions, an organization fighting the Peekskill Incinerator, and John Raskin, president of Spring Street Climate Fund, talk about how the bills would impact their neighborhoods.

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It's Primary Day in New Jersey

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2024/06/04

Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, talks about what there is to know for New Jersey voters on primary day, where they'll be voting to choose their party's candidates for president, senate and many other offices, without the so-called "county line" ballot design. Plus listeners call in to participate in an informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific exit poll.

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Monday Morning Politics: Trump Verdict Political...

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2024/06/03

Loading... On today's show: Jill Colvin, national political reporter for the Associated Press, talks about the political impact of the Trump verdict on the presidential campaign. As Pride Month starts, Nia Nottage, organizer at ACT UP NY, and Brandon Cuicchi, organizer at ACT UP NY, advocate against the mayor's proposed budget cuts to HIV/AIDS spending. The Food and Drug Administration is currently considering MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Anna Silman, features

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AI and Your Daily Life

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2024/06/03

A new artificial intelligence feature recently rolled out by Google is under fire for giving out inaccurate information. Listeners call in to share how they use AI in their daily lives and how they navigate some of its pitfalls.

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Monday Morning Politics: Trump Verdict Impact

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2024/06/03

Jill Colvin, national political reporter for the Associated Press, talks about the political impact of the Trump verdict on the presidential campaign, plus the start of the Hunter Biden trial, and more.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend Special: Trump Conviction...

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2024/06/01

For your weekend listening, in case you missed it:Legal analysis of the felony convictions of the former president in the "hush money" trial in Manhattan. If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Trump Guilty: Legal Analysis; City Council News with...

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2024/05/31

Loading...Coming up on today's show: Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of the forthcoming “The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction,” offers legal analysis of the Manhattan jury's guilty verdict of Donald Trump in his so-called "hush money" trial. Lincoln Restler, New York City Council Member (District 33: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill and Williamsburg), talks

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The Courthouse Report of the Trump Guilty Verdict

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2024/05/31

Andrea Bernstein, journalist reporting on Trump legal matters for NPR, host of many podcasts including "Will be Wild" and "Trump, Inc." and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), reports on the guilty verdict for former President Donald Trump from her vantage point from the courtroom, and as a longtime reporter on the former president and his business dealings.

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City Council News with CM Restler

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2024/05/31

Lincoln Restler, New York City Council Member (District 33: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill and Williamsburg), talks about the latest conflicts between the Council and the mayor, safety issues on McGuinness Boulevard and more.

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Trump Guilty: Legal Analysis of the Verdict

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2024/05/31

Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of the forthcoming The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction, offers legal analysis of the Manhattan jury's guilty verdict of Donald Trump in his so-called "hush money" trial.

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The Jury Deliberates on Trump Trial; Meet the GOP NJ...

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2024/05/30

Loading... On today's show: Donald Trump's hush money case is currently being deliberated by the jurors after hearing weeks of arguments. Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office, co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024) and co-host of the podcast "Prosecuting Donald Trump," explains the central questions the jury is discussing as well

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Finding Language After a Stroke

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2024/05/30

Warren Lehrer, writer and designer and author of Riveted in the Word (EarSay in collaboration with AltSalt, 2024), talks about his new e-book, a story about a woman's journey to recovering the ability to speak after a stroke, and Laura Boylan, M.D., Bellevue Hospital neurologist and adjunct professor, department of neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, explains what aphasia is and how treatment and rehabilitation has evolved.More information on upcoming book events at the Center for Book

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When Gentrification Leaves the City

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2024/05/30

Richard Ocejo, professor of sociology at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and the author of Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City (Princeton University Press, 2024), examines the effect on racial and income balance in the Hudson Valley's Newburgh, NY, of an influx of wealthier remote workers from NYC and its suburbs.

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Meet the Candidate: Curtis Bashaw

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2024/05/30

Curtis Bashaw, entrepreneur running in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary, talks about his campaign for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate and his stance on issues important to primary voters.

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The Jury Deliberates on Trump's 'Hush Money' Trial

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2024/05/30

Donald Trump's hush money case is currently being deliberated by the jurors after hearing weeks of arguments. Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office, the co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), and co-host of the podcast Prosecuting Donald Trump, explains the central questions the jury is discussing as well as what impact the jury's

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A Theory on Biden's Low Poll Numbers; Reporters Ask...

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2024/05/29

Loading... Coming up on today’s show: Eric Levitz, senior correspondent at Vox, shares his theory for why the Biden campaign is struggling in the polls with younger voters, as well as Black and Latino voters -- traditionally groups that vote for Democrats. 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. With this legislative session

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