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We’re replaying some of your favorite segments on this Black Friday. We’ll start with a recent conversation about the nature of Jewish identity and practice with Jane Eisner of The Fo... (episode)
Development projects are making their way through the approval pipeline in the final weeks of Mayor Bloomberg’s last term before Bill de Blasio takes office. Charles Bagli of The New ... (episode)
Christiane Amanpour of CNN and ABC explains how Middle Eastern leaders are reacting to the news of a nuclear deal with Iran, and what their responses say about the deal’s chance of su... (episode)
The latest on the Iran nuclear deal with Fred Kaplan of Slate and Julianna Goldman of Bloomberg. WNYC's Brigid Bergin and Andrew Hawkins from Crain's New York Business offer up the la... (episode)
This weekend, our friends at "On The Media" reported on how news outlets love to hype that Thanksgiving dinner is getting more and expensive every year. Turns out, though, it's not re...
What causes poverty, and what can we do about it? Michael Katz, author of The Undeserving Poor: America's Enduring Confrontation with Poverty, says our social aid policies are based o...
On the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, we hear from historian Peniel Joseph and journalism Marvin Kalb about what the moment meant for politics, civil r... (episode)
<p>Where were you fifty years ago today? How did you change after the assassination of John F. Kennedy? How did you see our country change?</p>
Attacks known as “knockout games” are making headlines around the country. Jeffrey Butts of CUNY’s John Jay talks about what’s fueling the violence and the media coverage. Plus: US Ed... (episode)
<p>"The Knockout Game" is a phenomenon where teens assault strangers by trying to knock them out with one punch. Is this really something we need to worry about?</p>
JP Morgan must pay $13 billion in a settlement on failed securities. Felix Salmon of Reuters will explain how struggling homeowners in some New York City neighborhoods will get some o... (episode)
There seems to be a flaw in the calculator used by doctors to assess treatment options to lower cholesterol. Kim Allan Williams, vice president of the American College of Cardiology, ... (episode)
Kai Wright talks about the hurdles to employment for those coming out of prison and how they disproportionately affect Blacks and Latinos.
Capital New York’s Azi Paybarah and WNYC’s Brigid Bergin discuss what’s happening in New York City politics. Plus: Molly Ball of The Atlantic looks at the politics behind the Obamacar... (episode)
Fire Island breach.
President Obama announced that insurance companies may keep people on plans that were initially canceled after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. WNYC’s Fred Mogul and Eli... (episode)
WNYC reporter Fred Mogul and Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of Health Initiatives at Community Service Society, discuss the president's announcement yesterday and what you need to...