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Yesterday · 45 min
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#2720Yesterday · 31 minCity Hall News
Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps Mayor Mamdani's appearance on the show, plus discusses her story on the revamp of the Hunts Point market that fell apart in the South Bronx, and the mayor's new plan on how to combat antisemitism. Photo: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference to announce a lawsuit challenging the federal government's new public charge rule, which could make it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards if they rely on public benefits, at City Hall in New York City on September 14, 2026. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2721Yesterday · 18 minCampus Sexual Assault and The Lawsuit Against Cornell
A recent lawsuit against Cornell University alleges the administration of negligence in their handling of a reported gang rape.
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#2722Yesterday · 13 minWild NYC: The Shoreline
As part of the yearlong series "Wild NYC," Marielle Anzelone, urban botanist and ecologist and the founder of NYC Wildflower Week, and Rob Pirani, senior director for Engagement and Policy/Program and director of the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program at the Hudson River Foundation, discuss the wildlife all around the waterfront. Photo: A great egret takes flight during the World Series of Birding, 12 May 2007, in an estuary in Cape May, New Jersey (STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2715Tuesday · 33 minAsk Mayor Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayor, takes questions from listeners and talks about this week's news in the city. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2718Tuesday · 32 min30 Issues in 30 Days: Mideast & Israel
Mike Hayes, WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering New Jersey and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023) talks about another key issue from Sunday's debate between U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr and his Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett -- Congress and the U.S. role in the Middle East and with Israel. Photo: Protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war in Gaza block a street next to the United Nations (U.N.) on September 24, 2026, in New York City (Spencer Platt via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2716Tuesday · 28 minAntónio Guterres' UN Work on Climate Change
David Gelles, reporter on the New York Times climate team who leads The Times’s Climate Forward newsletter and events series, talks about outgoing UN Sec. Gen. António Guterres' efforts to achieve results in combatting climate change. Photo by Xuthoria, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International via Wikimedia Commons. November 20, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2717Tuesday · 14 minLiterature and Life
Elizabeth Alexander, president of The Mellon Foundation, poet, educator, memoirist and scholar and the author of Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales (WW Norton, 2026), talks about the guidance she's found from literature and how the arts can heal political divides. Photo: Elizabeth Alexander attends The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction 2026 at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 19, 2026 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2711Monday · 42 min30 Issues in 30 Days: New Jersey's 7th
Mike Hayes, WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering the New Jersey governor's race and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023), talks about a key issue from Sunday's debate between U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr and his Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett. Image: Debate screenshot via C-SPAN Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2712Monday · 24 minNikole Hannah-Jones on Hard School Choices
Nikole Hannah-Jones, domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and founder of the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University, talks about the personal decisions she made regarding her daughter's education, and what her daughter's years in New York City public schools have revealed about the city's segregated and unequal schools. Photo: Hannah Jones and her daughter walk into the first day of school in 2016. (Screenshot via WNYC/YouTube) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2713Monday · 32 minMalcolm Gladwell on Americans & Guns
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of several books, including his latest, The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic (Little, Brown and Company, 2026), asks why the U.S. suffers from higher rates of gun violence than any other wealthy country. Photo: A display of guns for sale is seen at Coliseum Gun Traders Ltd. in Uniondale, New York on September 25, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2714Monday · 9 minYour Nor'Easter Stories
Downed trees, flooding, lost power: Listeners call in to share how they made out in this weekend's slow-moving nor'easter, as well as how they entertained themselves and the kids while stuck inside. Photo: A nor'easter passes over lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center, seen from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building on September 26, 2026, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Brian Lehrer Weekend: 30 Issues Child Care; Grading Mamdani; Cleaning AI Slop
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.
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#2706Friday · 45 minThe US, China and the World Order
Ishaan Tharoor, global affairs columnist at The New Yorker and Edward Murrow Press Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, talks about this week's UN General Assembly, the meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping and President Trump's take on globalism. Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2707Friday · 29 min30 Issues in 30 Days: Childcare in New York
WNYC's senior political correspondent Brigid Bergin, host of "Who's Running This Place," and Shoshana Hershkowitz, campaign manager, Empire State Campaign for Child Care, discuss the landscape of child care in New York State, and the policy proposals on the issue that each of the gubernatorial candidates, Governor Kathy Hochul and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, have put forth. Photo: Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference on Universal Childcare at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling on March 03, 2026 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2708Friday · 21 minBiden's Record on Gaza
Akbar Shahid Ahmed, diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun and the author of Crossing The Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza (W.W. Norton, 2026), talks about the Biden administration's support for Israeli attacks on Gaza in retaliation for October 7th. Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on February 8, 2024 in Washington, DC (Nathan Howard via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2709Friday · 11 minHow to Prepare for the Nor’easter
The tri-state region has its eyes on this season’s first nor'easter. John Davitt, chief meteorologist for Spectrum News NY1, tells us about the conditions to expect, what makes it a "nor’easter," and how to prepare. Photo: Flash flooding from 4 to 7 inches of rain in Flatbush, Brooklyn on September 29th, 2023. (Wil540 art, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International via Wikimedia) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2702September 24 · 41 min30 Issues in 30 Days: Redistricting
Dan Vicuña, senior director of voting rights and redistricting at Center for Inclusive Democracy, discusses how this year's redistricting efforts may make the midterms elections less representative, and what each party is arguing with respect to redistricting. Photo: Oliver Larkin, Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida’s 23rd district, speaks during an emergency town hall that he held to address Florida Republicans’ newly approved congressional redistricting map (seen on wall) on May 04, 2026 in Coral Springs, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2703September 24 · 31 minWorld Leaders Are in New York for UNGA, But Not Putin
David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones, and author of many books, including his latest, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America (HarperCollins, 2026), offers analysis of the day's news, including the conspicuous absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at UNGA, who hasn't attended in over a decade, and his new book that looks at connections between Presidents Trump and Putin. Photo: The Headquarters of the United Nations' United Nations Secretariat Building in Manhattan, New York (Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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#2704September 24 · 24 minA 'Front Row Seat' to the News'
Tim Scheld, retired WCBS news director; adjunct professor Montclair State University and the author of My Front Row Seat (Sunbury Press, 2026), recounts his work leading the WCBS 880 newsroom through major news events, like the Columbine shooting and TWA Flight 800, and offers his take on why responsible reporting remains essential. Book cover art courtesy of Sunbury Press Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.