Matt Katz

Reporter, WNYC News

Matt Katz appears in the following:

To Play or Not to Play: The 2020 Baseball Season

Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Major League Baseball's delayed opening day is fast approaching. Some players are skeptical about the way forward given COVID-19's spread.

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What Will COVID-19 Mean for Higher Education in the Fall?

Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Colleges and universities across the U.S. are grappling with when and how to reopen in the upcoming school year, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  

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'14 Miles: Building the Border Wall'

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Journalist DW Gibson discusses his new book, 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall, which looks at the communities surrounding the 14 completed miles of the wall in San Diego County.

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Kate Has A Plan — July 7, 2020

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

WNYC's Planning Editor Kate Hinds joins us for a new installment of our ongoing series "Kate Has a Plan."

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Keep It 100: 'The Vote'

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Filmmaker Michelle Ferrari discusses her PBS American Experience documentary miniseries, “The Vote”, which explores the suffrage movement for the 19th Amendment.

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'The Hardhat Riot'

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Author David Paul Kuhn discusses his book, The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution.

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A New Reboot of "Unsolved Mysteries"

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Executive producer Terry Meurer discusses the series “Unsolved Mysteries,” which she has produced for over 30 years, and it’s new installment on Netflix

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'Mucho Mucho Amor'

Monday, July 06, 2020

Directors Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch discuss their new Netflix documentary, "Mucho Mucho Amor," about Latinx icon and astrologer Walter Mercado.

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State of NYC Housing

Monday, July 06, 2020

Caroline Spivack, who covers housing for Curbed, and Marika Dias, tenant attorney and director of the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center, discuss the Tenant Safe Harbor Act.

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The Latest in Protest Music

Monday, July 06, 2020

Hubert Adjei-Kontoh on recent protest music releases. 

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The Netflix Effect

Monday, July 06, 2020

Recode’s Peter Kafka and Rani Molla join us to discuss Season 2 of their podcast Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect.

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Street Art Field Trip

Monday, July 06, 2020

How to take a self-guided street art tour in NYC

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Rep. Sires, Scion of Democratic Machine, Faces Feisty Challenger in N.J. Primary

Thursday, July 02, 2020

Can a political neophyte with a largely online campaign knock off a well-heeled incumbent in a strange July mail-in election?

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Politics with Amy Walter: The Politics of "Defund the Police"

Friday, June 12, 2020

Plus, a conversation with Congressman Clyburn about addressing systemic racism in U.S. institutions. 

The Politics of "Defund the Police"

Friday, June 12, 2020

Plus, a conversation with Congressman Clyburn about addressing systemic racism in U.S. institutions. 

New Jersey Corrections Officer Suspended for Reenacting George Floyd's Killing

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

A New Jersey corrections officer who was part of a group of white men mocking the killing of George Floyd to marching Black Lives Matter protesters has been suspended.

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ICE Helped To Protect NYPD Station Houses During Protests

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Is it legal for ICE to help the NYPD in such a way?

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The Racial Justice Uprising in the U.S. is Taking Hold Overseas

Monday, June 08, 2020

Many foreign leaders have condemned the killing of George Floyd, but demonstrators outside of the U.S. are also attempting to call attention to racial injustice within their own borders.

ICE Detainee Who Sued His Jailers Was Swiftly Deported. Now He’s Missing.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Despite a federal judge’s order, lawyers say ICE dropped off Hector Garcia Mendoza in a notoriously dangerous town in Mexico.

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Trump's New Deputy Campaign Manager Was Fired By Chris Christie Over Bridgegate

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The architect of Christie's two gubernatorial campaigns has been working his way up the ladder for Trump since 2016.

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