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Elisabeth Benjamin , vice president of Health Initiatives at the Community Service Society and co-founder of the Health Care for All New York Campaign, discusses the issue of health insurance claim denials and offers advice to New Yorkers for navigating today's health care system.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of person...

The holiday season can be a hard time of year for people who are grieving over friends and family members who have died. Listeners call in to offer personal tributes to their loved ones they lost this year.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As our centennial series continues, Philip Olson , CFP,  and Julia Lorenz-Olson , AFC, hosts of Two Cents , an educational PBS digital show about personal finance, look at this century of holiday shopping, as Christmas became more commercial. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shop Listener is back for the 2024 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out the "experience" gifts their businesses sell ahead of the holidays, for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Gilbert Cruz, editor at The New York Times Book Review, shares the five fiction and five non-fiction books from this year that made it into The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2024.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim , Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including the Campaign Finance Board's decision to not provide his campaign matching funds, increased numbers of injuries and deaths due to police chases, and more.   Hosted by Simplecast, an...

Paul Krugman ,  Nobel laureate in economics, New York Times columnist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), looks back at his time with the New York Times and ahead to the next Trump administration. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz co...

As 2024 comes to a close, listeners call in with tributes to their favorite musicians, writers, actors and other public figures who passed away in 2024. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Tangel , enterprise reporter covering aviation safety and regulation for The Wall Street Journal , breaks down the latest news about the unidentified drones flying over the tri-state area and what the federal response has been so far.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Liz Krueger, New York State Senator (D, WF - 28th, Manhattan's East Side) and chair of the Finance Committee, makes the argument that fossil fuel companies, not taxpayers, should be the ones to pay to clean up the greenhouse gases they released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, plus other ways New York State legislators are battling climate change. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

Brittany Kriegstein , WNYC and Gothamist reporter, shares her coverage of the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, as well as the less reported stabbing death of a migrant teenager near Wall St. earlier this month, plus her experience covering shootings across New York City, to dissect how important a victim's profile is to whether or not justice is served. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...

After the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive caused public outcry against the health care industry, Rachel Cohrs Zhang , chief Washington correspondent for STAT News, examines what Congress is trying to do to fix a system that many Americans think is broken. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

As our centennial series continues, Micah Rasmussen , director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University and former press secretary for Governor McGreevey, looks back at a century of the Star-Ledger , once the Newark Star-Ledger , which ends its print edition in February. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...

Listeners call in to share any news they learned at holiday parties over the weekend...and which topics in the news were the most discussed.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After a contentious City Council hearing on a proposal to license all e-bikes and scooters, Gale Brewer,  NYC Council Member (District 6, Central Park, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Clinton), talks about the issue and an alternative plan that would focus on commercial e-bikes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. The Latest From Damascus (First) | Analysis of the Daniel Penny Verdict (Starts at 27:30) | Shop Listener 2024: The Suburbs  (Starts at 48:00)  If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and...

Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union recently announced the seven finalist names for their Quasi-Moon Naming Contest. Latif Nasser , co-host of Radiolab from WNYC, and Kelly Blumenthal , member of the International Astronomical Union, explain the phenomenon of quasi-moons, and walk us through the possible names rooted in mythology from cultures around the globe. Hosted by Simplecast,...

As our centennial series continues, Valerie Paley , former chief historian at New York Historical , now senior vice president and director of its library, as well as the founding director of its Center for Women’s History, talks about several of NYC's Christmas traditions that date back to the early and mid-20th century, like the Macy's parade and the Rockefeller tree, as listeners share their fam...

President Biden has issued pardons and commuted the sentences of hundreds of people -- on the heels of his controversial pardon of his son, Hunter. Meryl Kornfield , politics reporter for The Washington Post , reports on the latest pardons, plus the pressure on the president to issue preemptive pardons ahead of Trump taking office, and President-elect Trump's pledge to pardon people convicted of c...

With the end of the year approaching, there are still hundreds of bills in Albany awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature, including one crucial piece of climate legislation. Jon Campbell , Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, discusses the legislative landscape as deadlines draw near. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of p...

Nancy Solomon , WNYC reporter and editor, and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including legislation that would prohibit book bans and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shop Listener is back for the 2024 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their restaurants, wine shops, and other businesses selling food and drinks. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Leah Nylen , antitrust reporter for Bloomberg News, breaks down the latest news surrounding a failed merger of two major supermarket chains, and what the future of antitrust enforcement might look like as president-elect Donald Trump considers his pick to replace Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collec...

Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez , commissioner of the NYC Department for the Aging , and Chris Durrance , documentary filmmaker, director of " Caregiving ", talk about the need for more support for caregiving for older Americans and the recent BOOM Conference that sought to address the issues ageism and the need for more support. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...

Jurors found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Samantha Max , reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, who was in the courtroom covering the trial. And Tiffany Cabán , NYC Council Member (District 22, Astoria, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside and Rikers Island), shares legislation she's working on related to mental health care. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...