Midtown Office Shooting; 'Cane Sugar' vs High Fructose Corn Syrup; The EPA & Greenhouse Gases; The Crisis in Gaza; Your Side Hustles

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 29, 2025
Loading...

On today's show:

  • Brittany Kriegstein, WNYC and Gothamist reporter, reports the latest news of last night's shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office tower.
  • Coca-Cola announced it will offer some "cane sugar" offerings in response to pressure from Pres. Trump. Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health emerita at NYU and the author of many books, including the forthcoming, What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters (North Point Press, 2025), talks about the chemical differences and perceived differences of the two sweeteners.
  • Jake Spring, Climate and Environment Enterprise Reporter at the Washington Post, discusses his reporting on why the EPA is proposing to rescind a 2009 legal opinion, referred to as the "endangerment finding", which determined that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare, and justified their regulation.
  • Avril Benoît, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières in the United States, and Katy Crosby, Mercy Corps Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, talk about the on-the-ground reports they're receiving on the food and medical crises in Gaza.
  • A sharp uptick in people with "side hustles" is fueling fears of another recession. Listeners call in to talk about their side hustles and how much more cash they make each month doing them.

 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

Top Stories

One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention

How an Empire of Craft Stores Pushed an Agenda of Christian Nationalism

Flood Watch issued for NYC as rain and storms move in after picture-perfect weekend

Exploring an Olympics Bid for New York

YOU ARE ONLINE