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#BoycottIndiana; mental illness in pilots; StoryCorps comes to your smartphone; how social media has made it easier than ever to publicly shame people and a public art debate. (episode)
New York Times Magazine correspondent Emily Bazelon offers legal analysis of the law that inspired the social media campaign "#Boycott Indiana."
The revelations that the Germanwings co-pilot who deliberately crashed the plane in the French Alps has sparked a debate on suicide, mental illness and how we deal with those issues.
David Isay, the creator of StoryCorps, is using his $1M TED Prize to fund a mobile app that makes your smartphone a virtual booth . . .and allows participation around the world.
Jon Ronson explores the world of public shaming, spurred by his own successful shaming of the guys who stole his identity on Twitter, in his new book, "So You've Been Publicly Shamed."
NYC Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer talks about the bill he's introducing to include more public input in the works commissioned for the city's Percent for Art program.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer discusses her proposal to protect small storefront businesses; the decision not to have children; a look at the Bowe Bergdahl case. (episode)
Between ISIS, Yemen and Iran, Pres. Obama has his hands full of conflicting interests in the Middle East. Slate's Fred Kaplan discusses the president's political strategy in the region.
Gale Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, talks about her proposal to protect Manhattan's small retail storefront businesses.
Dan Lamothe discusses Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who slipped away from his patrol base in Afghanistan, held in captivity for five years & is now being charged with desertion.
Meghan Daum, the editor of a new essay collection on foregoing parenthood, lays out some reasons to not have kids. Some hate loud, wet babies. For others, it's an existential problem.
Lawmakers in Albany have announced a budget deal. Capital New York's Jimmy Vielkind discusses the details of the deal, including what's missing and what made it in.
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them: The Nation's 150th Anniversary (First) | Comedian Des Bishop (Starts at 27:14) | Eva Moskowitz (Starts at 42:10) (article)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries; #FLONYC; how to think about aging; a doctor advocates for fewer medical tests and a subway poetry project. (episode)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries talks about his recent bi-partisan legislation, plus the continuing delay in confirming Brooklyn's Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General.
Chirlane McCray spoke at a forum on Thursday on mental health, poverty and criminal justice. WNYC's Brigid Bergin & Cindy Rodriguez talk about the first lady's related work and role.
As we think about growing old in a youth-obsessed society, writer Anne Karpf says it's actually a privilege to age, and many people around the world would be glad to have our longevity.
Dartmouth's Dr. H. Gilbert Welch argues that the real problem with health care isn't that people get too little, but too much that's of little value.
Every time she rides the subway, Madeline Schwartzman asks a stranger to write a poem. She discusses her ambitious and eccentric project "365 Day Subway: Poems by New Yorkers."
Vanishing New York; NYS budget deadline nears; Dr. Harold Varmus; how to talk to people who have cancer; one woman's story of reconciliation & a crawl through NYC's nightlife history. (episode)
As the deadline approaches, a clearer picture is emerging of what's included in the New York State budget. Ethics reform is in. DREAM Act is out. Here's what else you need to know.
Jeremiah Moss of the Vanishing New York blog has gone from lamenting the closing of New York City's distinctive businesses to campaigning to preserve them through legislation.
Dr. Harold Varmus discusses the study of genomics in cancer treatment & The New York Times "Living With Cancer" columnist fields your calls on how to talk to people dealing with cancer.
Jeanne Bishop, a criminal defense attorney, activist and author tells her very personal story of how she was able to forgive the person who murdered her sister.
Esteemed writer and man-about-town Michael Musto says that every generation gets the nightlife it deserves -- where are we now on the continuum of NYC's after hours debauchery?
The tragic Sabbath fire; the history of sexual education; Matt Katz on Christie's unfulfilled ethics reform; the MTA's new button; your school choices and comedy home and abroad. (episode)
The Forward's J.J. Goldberg talks about the risk of fire associated with hot plates and strict observance of the Sabbath.
Does becoming a parent make you more community-minded, or more selfish?
MetroCards prices are going up, but the MTA has added a new button to give you exactly 11 rides with no leftover change.
Last year, Christie promised to implement a series of reforms to prevent another Bridgegate. NJPR's Matt Katz discusses how Christie's promises have gone largely unfulfilled.
Teaching sex education to kids in school has never exactly been smooth sailing. Author Jonathan Zimmerman traces the history of the controversial subject.
Des Bishop is an Irish-American comedian from Flushing, Queens, who aims to be funny in English, Irish and now, Chinese.
Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz; Ted Cruz's presidential hopes; The Nation's 150th anniversary; instability in Yemen & the science of hedonism. (episode)
The Nation's editor & publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, looks back at the major political themes over the magazine's past 150 years and examines the current moment.
The Texas senator, who became the first candidate to enter the 2016 presidential race, is aiming to please a conservative base--not mainstream Republican lawmakers or donors.
Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of the Success Charter Network, gives her take on the governor's education reform proposals.
The New York Times' Eric Schmitt discusses the United States' struggle to combat what has become a hotbed of disparate terrorist cells in Yemen.
Zoe Cormier, a journalist and the author of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science, explains how we evolved as pleasure-seekers.
The next round in the "NYC Neighborhood Library Awards” process starts now as the finalists have been announced! (article)
Israel-U.S. Relations post-Netanyahu's win; three borough presidents; a documentary filmmaker confronts her family's secrets and the novelist James Hannaham discusses his new book. (episode)
Jodi Rudoren, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times and Time Magazine's Joe Klein discuss U.S.-Israeli relations now that Benjamin Netanyahu has won reelection.
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. talk about the issues facing residents of their boroughs.
Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz tells the story of her discovery of a huge family secret in her documentary "Little White Lie."
As the NCAA basketball tournament roars along, people on the Internet have been inspired to start brackets for all kinds of things, from Hindi movies to Catholic saints.
The Brooklyn novelist James Hannaham talks about his new novel that imagines modern-day slavery -- and even makes crack cocaine a character.
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Manhole Explosions (First) | Racism + Latinos (Starts at 11:16) | The Truth About Our Moods (Starts at 45:24) (article)