Andrew Yang; Dr. Leana Wen; UFO's; Jon Meacham; Video Conferencing's Future
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 26, 2021
On today's show:
- Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, founder of Humanity Forward, former democratic presidential candidate in 2020 now running for NYC Mayor in 2021, talks about his plans for the City's economy, both in recovering from the pandemic losses and in addressing pre-existing inequality.
- Moderna announced its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective for adolescents, and will ask for approval in the coming weeks. Leana Wen, MD, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner and the author of the forthcoming book Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Metropolitan Books, 2021), talks about this news, plus discusses whether masks are still necessary for kids as many adults around them are now fully vaccinated.
- Gideon Lewis-Kraus, staff writer for The New Yorker, talks about the history of the American government’s interest in unidentified flying objects and how the 2017 disclosure of a secret Pentagon program spurred a renewed interest among lawmakers in studying the phenomena.
- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian, host of the new podcast "Fate of Fact" and the author of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels (Random House, 2018), talks about what he's learned in his new podcast, which examines why so many conservative Americans have become receptive to disinformation and fans of conspiracy theories.
- Rani Molla, senior data reporter Recode and Vox, joins to talk about how Zoom and video conferencing might still be useful even once the pandemic is over.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
