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Were you paying attention in 2007? It’s the New Year’s Eve morning end-of-year news quiz. There’ll be fun, games, prizes, fanfare, and, of course, bragging rights at stake for your ... (episode)
In his book Snitch: Informants, Cooperators and the Corruption of Justice, author Ethan Brown offers a different way to look at the “Stop Snitchin’” movement. He says it’s not so muc... (episode)
The clock is ticking to the Iowa caucuses: one week to go. How are candidates and voters spending the week between Christmas and New Years? Also, following up on the Bhutto assassinat... (episode)
Joel Rivera, majority leader of the New York City Council discusses new WIC regulations and the push to bring more healthful food to bodegas plus the editor of a new magazine, "Good." (episode)
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, actress on The Wire, connects her life to the HBO series and talks about her new memoir plus light bulbs, DNA and supper clubs. (episode)
DVDs of the original Sesame Street are labeled “for adults only.” New York Times media columnist Virginia Heffernan explains why 1970’s-era Sesame Street episodes are now seen as inap... (episode)
A National Endowment for the Arts report indicates that our country is reading less and less. Historian David McCullough weighs in on the importance of teaching literature. Then, The ... (episode)
A new report that finds more than 25% of all homeless teens in New York are gay. What does being gay have to do with being homeless? Why are they more at risk? Also, personal finan... (episode)
Listeners and guests shared their favorite reads, just in time for gift-giving season. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver Blown Sideways Through L... (article)
AIDS education is required in the NYC schools, but sex education is not. Hear the case for mandatory sex ed with an advocate, a teenager, and a Unitarian minister. Also, your favorit... (episode)