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End-of-Session News from Albany

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2024/05/29

With this legislative session wrapping up next week, Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about what is likely to be included in the next "big ugly" collection of final legislation. Plus, he explains why Republicans outside of the city are filing lawsuits against even-year elections.

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Comparing Community Closeness Here and Abroad

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2024/05/29

According to a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, Americans are less likely to feel close to people in their country or community. Listeners with ties to countries abroad weigh in on the poll results and offer comparisons to other countries.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: NYPD Responses to Mental...

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2024/05/29

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 the NYPD responses to mental health crises, the "balance of power" with the City Council, and more.

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The Reason for Biden's Low Poll Numbers

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2024/05/29

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.

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Is Palestine Closer to Statehood?; Investigating "Big...

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2024/05/28

Loading... Coming up on today’s show: Roger Cohen, Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times and author of An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics (Knopf, 2023), discusses Spain, Norway and Ireland's decision to recognize a Palestinian state as well as the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US, shares her investigative series on "Big Oil," including debunking top oil firms' climate

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Geography Lesson: What Makes a Continent a Continent?

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2024/05/28

Martin Lewis, senior lecturer in history at Stanford University, and author of the book The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography, explains why determining what makes a continent a continent involves both physical and human geographical criteria, and why people around the world don't agree on how many there are.

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James Comey on Crime, IRL and Fiction

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2024/05/28

James Comey, former director of the FBI and author of non-fiction, including A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, and the crime novels Central Park West (2023) and his latest, Westport (Mysterious Press, 2024), talks about his new career as a crime novelist and offers his take on the Trump trial.

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Investigating Trump And "Big Oil"

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2024/05/28

Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US, shares her investigative series on "Big Oil," including more on an alleged "deal" offer from former President Donald Trump to big oil that could save industry $110 billion in exchange for campaign donations.

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Is Palestine Closer to Statehood?

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2024/05/28

Roger Cohen, Paris bureau chief of The New York Times and author of An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics (Knopf, 2023), discusses Spain, Norway and Ireland's decision to recognize a Palestinian state as well as the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.

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Memorial Day: New York in 2020; George Takei;...

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2024/05/27

The Brian Lehrer Show observes the Memorial Day holiday with a selection of favorite interviews: Eric Klinenberg, professor in the social sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and the author of 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed (Knopf, 2024), tells the story of New York in 2020 through the lens of seven New Yorkers, and talks about the ongoing effect of that traumatic year. George Takei, actor, activist and writer, discusses

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Memorial Day: New York in 2020; George Takei;...

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2024/05/27

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Weight-Loss Drugs; Anne Lamott;...

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2024/05/25

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The Expanding Market for Weight-Loss Drugs (First) | Anne Lamott on Love (Starts at 25:00 ) | Searching for Something in Our Childhood Homes (Starts at 38:00)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Gerrymandering; Small Business Support; Weight-Loss...

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2024/05/24

Loading...On today's show: The Supreme Court issued a ruling that will allow a gerrymander in South Carolina to stand, on the basis that it was done for partisan, not racial, reasons. Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), explains how this will affect voters in South Carolina and beyond, and explains the larger voting rights context of the

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Rockaways Report: Protecting Surfers and Piping Plovers

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2024/05/24

With beach season getting started, Chris Allieri, founder of the NYC Plover Project, and Aydon Gabourel, founder of Laru Beya Collective, talk about their work in the Rockaway Beach community.

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The Expanding Market for Weight-Loss Drugs

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2024/05/24

It's impossible to ignore the chatter about Ozempic, Wegovy, and other weight-loss medications that have hit the market in the last few years. This week, Hims & Hers -- a telehealth company known for discreetly treating erectile dysfunction, balding, and other sensitive conditions -- announced the launch of their own off brand weight-loss injection, sparking a boost in their stock prices. Melissa Lee, host of CNBC's Fast Money, takes us into the marketplace for GLP-1 agonist drugs, Ozempic dupes

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Services for NYC's Small Businesses

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2024/05/24

It's "NYC Small Business Month" and Kevin D. Kim, commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services, talks about the upcoming Small Business Expo, the services the department offers small business owners and what the "City of Yes" could mean for city storefronts and more.

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Republicans Notch a Gerrymandering Win From the...

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2024/05/24

The Supreme Court issued a ruling that will allow a gerrymander in South Carolina to stand, on the basis that it was done for partisan, not racial, reasons. Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), explains how this will affect voters in South Carolina and beyond, and explains the larger voting rights context of the decision.

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Justice Alito's Upside-Down Flag; Wedding Vows;...

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2024/05/23

Loading... Coming up on today’s show: An upside-down American flag was displayed outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's house just after January 6, 2021. Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), talks about this act - widely thought

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Wedding Vows, For Better or Worse

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2024/05/23

Cheryl Mendelson, author of Home Comforts, and her latest, Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite (Simon & Schuster, 2024), reflects on the state of marriage today, through the traditional wedding vows, from their feudal origin to contemporary interpretations.

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Summer Culture Preview: Books

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2024/05/23

Jordan Lauf, producer for All Of It and its book club, "Get Lit with All Of It," shares some of the new on-or-off the beach reads.She highlights these great summer books: Memory Piece by Lisa Ko (This month's Get Lit selection - the event is Tuesday, May 28!) The Ministry of Time by Kuh-lane Bradley In Ascension by Martin MacInnes One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon (out June 11th)

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