October 28, 2016 for Mayor de Blasio's appearance on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Live from The Greene Space: Mayor de Blasio; Joy-Ann Reid; Artist Marina Abramović; Bridgegate Updates

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 28, 2016

Coming up on today's show, live from The Greene Space:

  • Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • MSNBC national correspondent and author of Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide (William Morrow, 2015), now out in paperback, Joy-Ann Reid joins us to discuss race and presidential politics.
  • Renowned performance artist Marina Abramović and author of Walk Through Walls: A Memoir (Crown Archetype, 2016), talks about her life and work, from her childhood in the Balkans through her personal and artistic partnership with fellow artist Ulay, to her record-setting retrospective at MOMA – The Artist Is Present.
  • WNYC’s Matt Katz and Nancy Solomon give us a recap of the Bridgegate trial before lawyers make their closing arguments in court.

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