New York City's Still-Shaky Economy; Does Masking Work in Schools?; Climate Science for All; COVID Supply Chain Disruptions and You
The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 22, 2021
On today's show:
- Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, talks about the state of the city's economy, where unemployment remains high -- despite the news that Google is acquiring new Manhattan office space, signaling tech's optimism in the city
- Danny Benjamin, MD, PhD, MPH, distinguished professor of pediatrics at Duke University and Kanecia Zimmerman, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics at Duke University, co-chairs of the ABC Science Collaborative, talk about their study that shows a benefit to masking in classrooms.
- Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist at Texas Tech University, chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy, lead author for the Second, Third, and Fourth US National Climate Assessment, host of the PBS digital series Global Weirding and the author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2021), talks about how to avoid letting political polarization derail actions, big and small, to address climate change.
- Listeners call in to share how pandemic-related supply chain disruptions are impacting their businesses and what they are buying -- or not buying.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
