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30 Issues in 30 Days: Are Free Buses the Best Bang...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/10/17

Charles Komanoff, transit activist and mathematician, and Eric Goldwyn, assistant professor and program director at NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, debate whether free buses, which are a pillar of Democratic mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's transportation plan, are the best way to both speed up the notoriously slow bus system and best help New Yorkers struggling with the high cost of living. Plus, they discuss Andrew Cuomo's proposal to shift management of New York City Transit to the

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Pets in the City: Cats

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2025/10/17

Throughout this membership drive we are talking about the animals we love and care for in our homes -- our pets. Today, Maxwell Branch, vice president of programs at Flatbush Cats, talks about cats and the people who share their homes with them.

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Americans are Economically Stuck

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2025/10/16

Rachel Louise Ensign, economics reporter with The Wall Street Journal, explains the economic forces keeping Americans stuck in their homes and jobs, and how it impacts daily life.

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Pets in the City: Reptiles

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2025/10/16

Throughout this membership drive we are talking about the animals we love and care for in our homes -- our pets. Today, Sam Laroche, manager of Petqua, a pet store on Manhattan's West Side, talks about keeping reptiles as pets and how to help them thrive.

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10-Question Quiz: Where Am I?

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2025/10/16

Listeners hear a description of a place in the tri-state area and try to guess where it is.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Abortion in New Jersey

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2025/10/16

New Jersey is generally viewed as a state with some of the strongest abortion protections, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has some plans that could change that. Terrence McDonald, editor at the New Jersey Monitor, talks about the parts of both candidates' platforms that could change or strengthen abortion protections in the state.

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Sen. Kim on Gateway Defunding

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2025/10/16

U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) weighs in on the Trump announcement that the Gateway tunnel project is "terminated."

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Sen. Andy Kim; 30 Issues in 30 Days: Abortion in New...

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2025/10/16

Loading... Coming up on today's show: U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) weighs in on the Trump announcement that the Gateway tunnel project is "terminated." New Jersey is generally viewed as a state with some of the strongest abortion protections, but Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has some plans that could change that. Terrence McDonald, editor at the New Jersey Monitor, talks about the parts of both candidates' platforms that could change or strengthen abortion protections in

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10-Question Quiz: Where Am I?

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/10/15

Listeners hear a description of a place in the tri-state area and try to guess where it is.

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City Politics: Debate Preview

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2025/10/15

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from the mayoral campaign as Election Day is just weeks away.

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Pets in the City: 'The Dogist' Talks Dogs

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/10/15

Throughout this membership drive we are talking about the animals we love and care for in our homes -- our pets. Today, Elias Weiss Friedman, aka @TheDogist on Instagram, author of This Dog Will Change Your Life (Ballantine, 2025) and host of a new YouTube talk show, "Dogs with Elias Weiss Friedman," talks about the dogs he's met and why he thinks they make us better humans.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Moving Local NYC Elections to...

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2025/10/15

Brigid Bergin, Gothamist and WNYC senior political correspondent, talks about the proposal that NYC voters will see on this year's ballot that would move local elections to take place during presidential election years.

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Trump's Diplomatic Success; Mayoral Debate Preview;...

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2025/10/15

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 previews this year's New Yorker festival. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from the mayoral campaign as Election Day is just weeks away. Listeners hear a description of a place in the tri-state area and try to guess where it is. Brigid Bergin, Gothamist and WNYC senior political correspondent,

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Wednesday Morning Politics: Trump's Diplomatic...

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2025/10/15

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about the latest national political news, and previews this year's New Yorker festival.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Rikers Island; The Latest on...

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2025/10/14

Loading... On today's show: Elizabeth Glazer, founder of the journal Vital City and former director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, talks about the challenges the next mayor will face regarding Rikers Island, and what each says about the current plan to close Rikers in favor of borough-based jails. On Saturday, the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of hundreds of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were mistakenly fired the day

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Coffee Prices Up and Up

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2025/10/14

Listeners share whether they're seeing higher coffee prices due to tariffs yet and if that's changing their caffeine habits.

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Tentative Hope for Gaza and Israel

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2025/10/14

Graeme Wood, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State, offers analysis of the current ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, and why one Palestinian philosopher told him he feels a "paradoxical optimism" that the current peace will hold.

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The Latest on The Firings at the CDC

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2025/10/14

On Saturday, the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of hundreds of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were mistakenly fired the day before. Apoorva Mandavilli, science and global health reporter at The New York Times, explains what happened and who remains at the CDC.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Rikers Island

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/10/14

Elizabeth Glazer, founder of the journal Vital City and former director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, talks about the challenges the next mayor will face regarding Rikers Island, and what each says about the current plan to close Rikers in favor of borough-based jails.

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NJ Education Culture Wars; Trump DOJ Indicts NY AG;...

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2025/10/13

Loading... On today's show: New Jersey State Senator Andrew Zwicker (D, District 16) and Assemblymember Dawn Fantasia (R, District 24) discuss the hot-button issues in education and how they are playing out in the governor's race, including parents' rights, book bans and more. Elie Honig, senior legal analyst at CNN, New York Magazine columnist, former state and federal prosecutor and author of several books, including When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ’s Pursuit of the President, From

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