Europe's Refugee Smuggling Industry

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 4, 2017

In 2015, The Guardian appointed journalist Patrick Kingsley to be their first migration correspondent. He joins us to discuss his book, The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis, which includes his interviews with the traffickers who truck migrants across the Sahara Desert and smugglers on the waterfronts of Libya and Egypt.

Patrick Kingsley will be doing a reading at the Half King (505 W 23rd street) on Tuesday, January 10th at 7pm. For more information, click here.

On Thursday, January 12th, Kingsley be at The Strand (828 Broadway & 12th street) with Manal Kahi from 7:00-8:00pm. For more information, click here.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

WNYC Homepage - Top Stories

Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York. Plus, the Astronaut Reid Wiseman

The candidate on the role of social media in politics, and speaking out against his cousin R.F.K., Jr. Plus, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission on the dark side of the moon.

The New Yorker Radio Hour |

NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we'll look into it

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill took call after call Wednesday night from people who told her state police had been overly aggressive in violent clashes with protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center this weekend.

Ask Governor Sherrill |

I.C.E.'s "Wartime Recruitment" Campaign

Hiring at the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency.

On the Media |

Ask the Mayor Recap and More News From City Hall

Elizabeth Kim discusses the issues Mayor Mamdani talked about in his first "ask the mayor" segment.

The Brian Lehrer Show |