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Mamdani's Plan to End Homeless Encampment Sweeps

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2025/12/09

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that he will end targeted sweeps of homeless encampments and tents as mayor. Dan Rivoli, politics reporter at Spectrum News NY1, discusses the polarized response to this announcement, and what alternative to these sweeps Mamdani has planned instead.

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Eating Well Today

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2025/12/09

Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health emerita at NYU and the author of many books, including her latest, What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters (North Point Press, 2025), talks about her newly revised classic and how to navigate the food landscape today.

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Shop Listener 2025: Under $50

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2025/12/09

Shop Listener is back for the 2025 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out the holiday gifts they sell that are under fifty dollars, for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide. ==> Submit your information for our Shop Listener online guide at wnyc.org/shoplistener and check out all the entries!

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Immigration Hour: Who is ICE Targeting?; ICE Family...

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2025/12/08

Loading... On today's show: David Bier, director of immigration studies and the Selz Foundation chair in immigration policy at the Cato Institute, shares data from the Department of Homeland Security that shows almost three-quarters of people detained by ICE since October do not have any criminal convictions, despite claims from the Trump Administration that they are prioritizing detaining people with violent criminal histories. Gwynne Hogan, senior reporter for The City, discusses her

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The Truth About Who is Targeted by ICE

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2025/12/08

David Bier, director of immigration studies and the Selz Foundation chair in immigration policy at the Cato Institute, shares data from the Department of Homeland Security that shows almost three-quarters of people detained by ICE since October do not have any criminal convictions, despite claims from the Trump Administration that they are prioritizing detaining people with violent criminal histories.

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Balancing Global Trade

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2025/12/08

Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of American Compass and editor of The New Conservatives: Restoring America’s Commitment to Family, Community, and Industry (Simon & Schuster, 2025), argues for a new approach to global trade, one based on balance.

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ICE Family Separation in NYC

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2025/12/08

Gwynne Hogan, senior reporter for The City, discusses her latest story on how ICE arrested and separated Chinese father from his 6-year-old son during a check-in in late November, plus other local immigration enforcement news.

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Your Gift-Giving Strategy

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2025/12/08

Do you give only handmade or consumable gifts? Or do you follow the popular strategy of giving kids something they want, need, wear, read, and share? As the holiday season is now in full swing, listeners call in to share their gift-giving strategies.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Package Theft; Mayor Adams' Legacy

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2025/12/06

Two of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Are 'Porch Pirates' Stealing Your Packages? (First) | Mayor Adams' Legacy (Starts 12 minutes in)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Health News Roundup; The ‘Systematic Fraud’ behind...

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2025/12/05

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, and Jude Joffe-Block, reporter at NPR, discuss the latest in health-related news, including potential changes to SNAP, debates over potential changes to the hepatitis vaccine and the latest fight in Washington over extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, and Chris Bragg, Albany bureau chief at New

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What is Your Holiday Tipping Etiquette?

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2025/12/05

Brian Vines, Marketplace Equity Reporter and co-host of the Talking Carts podcast at Consumer Reports, discusses holiday tipping etiquette, and callers weigh in on who to tip and how much.

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Health News Roundup

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2025/12/05

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, and NPR reporter Jude Joffe-Block discuss the latest in health-related news, including potential changes to SNAP, the vote changing the hepatitis vaccine recommendation and the latest fight in Washington over extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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The ‘Systematic Fraud’ Behind New York’s Foreclosure...

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2025/12/05

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, and Chris Bragg, Albany bureau chief at New York Focus, talk about their investigation into foreclosure cases.

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Why to Read Poetry

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2025/12/05

Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019, professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and the author of several poetry collections and her latest, Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (Norton, 2025), talks about her new book, making the case for reading poetry.

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Are 'Porch Pirates' Stealing Your Packages?

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2025/12/04

As the holiday season kicks into full gear, writer Julie Besonen, freelance writer and contributor to The New York Times, discusses her article on how package theft made her building band together. Plus, we hear from callers about their own disappearing deliveries.

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The Mayor-Elect Joins the Starbucks Picket Line

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2025/12/04

On Monday, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks workers outside a store in Brooklyn. Claudia Irizarry Aponte, senior reporter at THE CITY, shares her reporting on the labor dispute between Starbucks and New York City employees, the mayor-elect's involvement in the strike, and Rae Shao, a union barista at Starbucks, shares their point of view on the issues at their workplace.

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National Politics with Senator Booker: Health...

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2025/12/04

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D, NJ) talks about the health care subsidies fight in Congress, the leadership of Sec. Hegseth, and compares his "baby bonds" proposal to Pres. Trump's version.

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The New Yorker: Politics and a Movie; Senator Cory...

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2025/12/04

Loading... On today's show: David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about the latest national political news and then is joined by Marshall Curry, documentary filmmaker (including "Street Fight," "If a Tree Falls," and "A Night at the Garden"), to talk about "The New Yorker at 100," premiering Friday on Netflix. Cory Booker, U.S. Senator (D, NJ), talks about the health care subsidies fight in Congress and other national news. On Monday,

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The New Yorker: Politics & A Movie

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2025/12/04

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about the latest national political news then is joined by Marshall Curry, documentary filmmaker (including Street Fight, If a Tree Falls, A Night at the Garden), to talk about "The New Yorker at 100," premiering Friday on Netflix.

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Mayor Adams' Legacy; A 'School Choice' Advocate's 180...

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2025/12/03

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, Ben Max, host of the Max Politics podcast and program director at New York Law School’s Center for New York City Law, and Jeffery Mays, New York Times metro politics reporter, weigh in on Mayor Adams' term in office and what he accomplished, where he fell short of his goals, and how history might view his mayoralty. Diane Ravitch, historian of education and former research professor of education at New York

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