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Listener takes on: monuments to hate; a change of heart; responsibility and Trump's Administration; ethics roulette. (episode)
Since the Charlottesville rally, debates on whether to keep confederate monuments are heating up. Listeners call in on whether they think controversial monuments should be taken down.
We grow up being taught certain values but what experience, if any, made you challenge the beliefs you were taught?
Do you want the grown ups in Trump's administration to quit to help discredit him or to stay because someone with adult judgment needs to be there in a crisis?
Are you sitting on an ethical dilemma? Listeners call in to ask ethical advice and give advice to others.
Listeners call in with what was on their summer bucket list, whether they've already done it or haven't yet.
New Jersey in the House; Harvey and Climate Change; Meet the Candidates: Council District 2 Democrats; Many Ways of Seeing the World. (episode)
U.S. Congressman, Bill Pascrell, talks about flood relief, combating extremism and what to expect from House Democrats as they back into session next week.
Hurricane Harvey set a new U.S. record for rainfall from a tropical storm. 'New York Times' op-ed contributor, David Leonhardt, argues humans contributed to this record.
Meet the candidates running for NYC's Council District 2 that covers the East Village, Alphabet City, Cooper Village, Rose Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy Park and parts of the Lower East Side.
A deeper understanding of why multiple viewpoints matter to understand the world better.
TRussia Today: Paging Moscow; The Fate of DACA; Meet the (Other) Candidates: NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary; Mass Surveillance in America. (episode)
Why was the Trump Organization pursuing a deal to establish a presence in Moscow? 'New York Times' reporter Maggie Haberman explains.
By early September, President Donald Trump will have to decide whether to end DACA or to keep the policy.
Meet three Democratic candidates running for New York City mayor who did not qualify for the main stage debate against Bill de Blasio.
Civil liberties activist and former Obama White House privacy official, Timothy Edgar, discusses what we can do about the mass surveillance in the country.
Monday morning politics; Texas floods; the Menendez trial begins in New Jersey with national implications; how miniskirts swayed U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. (episode)
'The Atlantic' staff writer McKay Coppins and 'The New York Times Magazine' contributor Ana Marie Cox look ahead to the return to Congress and offer analysis of current political news.
We take your calls in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey that flooded Houston, Texas. And the New York Times's Alan Blinder and Washington Post's Kevin Sullivan report from Houston.
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez's federal corruption will finally get underway this September. What does it mean for the rest of the country?
Could a photo of women in miniskirts from 1970s Kabul have influenced President Trump's thoughts on intervention in Afghanistan?
Our favorites from this week include: A Former White Nationalist (First) | Rifts in New York State Senate (Starts 28:31) | Sex and Pop Music (Starts 47:10) (article)
Hear a few of our past favorite book interviews: sexism since the presidential election, South Asian misrepresentation in film, tick safety, NYC composts, vanishing NY, LeVar Burton. (episode)
Does Sheriff Joe Arpaio Deserve a Pardon from the President?; Mayoral Primary Debate Recap; What's Going on at HUD?; Age-Shaming. (episode)
President Trump said at a rally in Phoenix that Sheriff Joe Arpaio "will be fine," hinting at a potential pardon. Should he be let off the hook for his contempt of court conviction?
What happened in last night's Democratic mayoral primary debate? Errol Louis and Laura Nahmias recap the debate between Mayor de Blasio and Sal Albanese.
How is the Department of Housing and Urban Development doing under the chief of that department, Ben Carson? ProPublica's Alec MacGillis explains.
What are the effects of portraying aging negatively? Scholar of Women's Studies at Brandeis, Margaret Morganroth Gullete talks about the impact of social perceptions of the elderly.
Could Congestion Pricing Fix All Of Our Transportation Problems?; Former White Nationalist Derek Black; Are Identity Politics Killing the Left?; The End of a Journalism Era. (episode)
One way to fix the broken subway system? Congestion pricing. Will Bredderman on the proposed plan to tax traffic coming into Manhattan in order to fix NYC's transportation problems.
What do you do when you realize you're heading down the wrong path? Derek Black shares his story of questioning his father's white nationalist ideology and taking a different route.
From election night to the events in Charlottesville to Trump's response in Phoenix, 'Slate' columnist Michelle Goldberg looks at identity politics, the left, and antifa.
Reflecting on 'The Village Voice' as it prepares to end its free print edition after more than 50 years in the business.
A new strategy in Afghanistan; the post-Charlottesville conversation; understanding Antifa, or what President Trump calls the "alt-left;" the influence pop music has on Americans' ideas. (episode)
Paul McLeary and Thomas Gibbons-Neff discuss President Trump’s proposed policy for Afghanistan.
Listeners call in to discuss whether or not the country is better or worse for the traumatic events of Charlottesville and their aftermath.
Mark Bray talks about Antifa (what the president calls "alt-left"), the anti-fascist protesters willing to use violence in the face of neo-nazi aggression.
NPR Music Critic Ann Powers talks about the ways popular music has helped to shape Americans' beliefs and abilities to express emotions.
Latest national politics; schisms within the New York State Senate; Senator Chris Murphy; Reshma Saujani on teaching girls to code even in the wake of the contentious Google memo. (episode)
Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent for Slate and CBS news political analyst, reports on the latest national political news.
New York Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins discusses being the target of a racially offensive post from Success Academy chair Daniel Loeb, and schisms within The New York State Senate.
Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (D), talks about the latest national political news from his vantage point in the Senate.
Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and the author of Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, on teaching girls to code even in the wake of the contentious Google memo.