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New Yorkers and Trump Tax Reform; Helping Puerto Rico; The Long Tail of Agent Orange; Talk Therapy (episode)
New Yorkers and local Congress members are putting pressure on the federal government for greater emergency response in the Caribbean.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito talks about the latest emergency relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
The long-term of effects of the American military's use of Agent Orange in Vietnam for both Vietnamese people and American service members.
How social media and communication devices are making it tough to have conversations one-on-one.
Our favorites from this week include: The Deputy Mayor on whether Amazon should open a NY office, stories of families affected by Trump's travel ban, and of course Hillary Clinton. (article)
A Closer Look at the GOP Tax Plan; New York City Bids for New Amazon Headquarters; Previewing The New Yorker Festival; A Memoir on History, Race and Family in the South. (episode)
Two economists break down the Trump administration's tax reform plan, from the Left and Right.
New York could be the home of Amazon's next headquarters. Alicia Glen, NYC deputy mayor for housing and economic development, tells us more about the bid and its local impact.
David Remnick tells us what's in store for this year's New Yorker Festival.
Historian Charles Dew takes a look at his own family history to contextualize racism in the American South.
TRussia Today Continues; Grading Mayor Bill de Blasio; Alabama Election Results; The Vietnam War Via Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. (episode)
President Donald Trump's longtime confidante Roger Stone spoke to the House intelligence committee about Paul Manafort, Wikileaks and more in a closed meeting Tuesday.
A deep dive into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's record as he aims for a second term.
Controversial former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore, takes the Republican primary in Alabama on Tuesday.
Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick made an 18-hour series that's heavy on both U.S. and Vietnamese witnesses, but deliberately doesn't feature John McCain or Jane Fonda.
Health Care Debate: Federalism vs Socialism; Refugee Stories Across Borders; Globalism's Moral Effects (episode)
In the battle of partisan healthcare plans, will federalism or socialism win?
Amid broken infrastructure and massive debt, Puerto Rico begins the road to recovery after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
The story of Andre and Lisette, two Congolese refugees whose reunion in New Jersey is now indefinitely postponed due to changing immigration policies.
Globalization's effects on ethics as elites move more toward transnational identities and the rest of the population becomes more focused on the local.
Trump's New Travel Ban; Football's Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Becoming Impossible to Ignore; The Health and Well-Being of Children. (episode)
POLITICO's Susan Glasser talks about the Trump effect globally, including on the latest iteration of the travel ban, the election in Germany and the rising tension with North Korea.
Football's traumatic brain injuries for athletes are becoming impossible to for the public to ignore.
Dr. Irwin Redlener talks looks back on his career of removing barriers for children to realize their potential and talks about recent disasters in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Lydia Polgreen, editor in chief of The Huffington Post, talks about American values and how they are represented in professional sports like football.
Our favorites from this week include: New Jersey neighbors talking politics, New York Times 'ethicist' Kwame Anthony Appiah and the first Dreamer who inspired DACA. (article)
What Happened? Hillary Clinton Explains; What Happened? Listeners Weigh In; If At First You Don't Succeed in Repealing Obamacare, Try, Try, Try Again; Mayor's Commission on Nightlife. (episode)
Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses her latest book 'What Happened' which examines her loss during the 2016 presidential election.
Listeners call in after Hillary Clinton's interview to share their thoughts about 'what happened' during the 2016 presidential election.
Hear details emerging in the Graham-Cassidy bill and who is voting for it.
There's a new DON in town... that's Director of Nightlife.
How New Yorkers can help Mexico and Puerto Rico; rezoning & affordable housing in the city; crime in NYCHA; Chinese schools. (episode)
The latest news following Mexico’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake, including relief efforts on the ground and what listeners can do to help.
Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico flooded and without power. Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York City Council Speaker, discusses how New Yorkers can help.
Grading New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on his affordable housing goals, and how proposed re-zonings around the city affects those goals.
As crime rates in New York City drop, the crime rates in public housing have stayed the same.
A journalist talks about sending her young American son to public school in Shanghai and reports on the strengths and weaknesses of that high-achieving system.
The Latest Push To Repeal Obamacare Is Just Votes Away From Passing; Trump's First U.N. Speech; Co-Sleeping with Your Baby (episode)
Mary Agnes Carey explains what's inside the latest Obamacare repeal bill, which would allow insurers to discriminate against customers.
Robin Wright, foreign affairs analyst and writer for The New Yorker, discusses Trump's first meeting at the U.N. General Assembly.
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara talks about public corruption and the rule of law.
Susan Livio talks about the controversial, and sometimes deadly, practice of co-sleeping with your infant.