National Politics With Ari Melber; A Year in Space; How a Non-Profit Developer Builds Affordable Housing; Fall Culture Preview: Music

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 17, 2017

Coming up on today's show:

  • Ari Melber, Host of The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC, chief legal correspondent for MSNBC, NBC legal analyst, lawyer, talks about the latest national political news, especially stories related to Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

  • Michelle de la Uz, executive director of Fifth Avenue Committee and commissioner on the New York City Planning Commission, talks about how her organization seeks to address the affordable housing crisis as a non-profit developer and Jessica Gould, WNYC reporter, provides context through her reporting on the affordable housing industry in New York in the latest installment of our People's Guide To Power: Real Estate Edition series.

  • Scott Kelly, former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, a retired U.S. Navy captain and the author of Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Knopf, 2017) talks about the record-setting year he spent aboard the International Space Station and reflects on his life.

    You can meet Scott Kelly in person on October 17 here:

    Barnes & Noble, Fifth Avenue Store Book Signing
    555 5th Ave (b/t 44th and 45th), New York, NY
    1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    Note: Those in line must purchase at least one book

    Words Bookstore Event at the West Orange High School Auditorium
    51 Conforti Ave., West Orange, NJ 0705
    7:30 p.m.
    Scott Kelly in-conversation with John Schwartz, Science reporter for the New York Times 

  • John Schaefer, WNYC host of New Sounds and Soundcheck, talks about some music to look out for.


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