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When Birding Was Cutthroat

All Of It

Scientific discovery is often a collaborative experience. But for a group of men in the early 1800s studying birds of North America, it was a messy and chaotic effort.
The Expanding Market for Weight-Loss Drugs

The Brian Lehrer Show

Melissa Lee, host of CNBC's Fast Money, takes us into the marketplace for Ozempic dupes, and what the popularity of these drugs on Wall Street means for patients.
Summer Culture Preview: Books

The Brian Lehrer Show

All Of It producer, Jordan Lauf, shares some new reads for the summer season.
Rightwing Media is Obsessed with the Darien Gap

On the Media

Immigrants are being ambushed by rightwing activists with cameras at a dangerous crossing.
This Week in Politics: The trial of Senator Bob Menendez

New Jersey Senator Bob Menenez is charged with bribery and corruption along with his wife and two businessmen.

NYC NOW

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Let’s talk democracy at the laundromat!

Soap gets laundry done. Conversation gets democracy going. This election year, WNYC is turning some laundromats in the New York metro area into hubs of civic dialogue.

Ask Governor Murphy

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy takes questions from WNYC’s Nancy Solomon, other guest journalists and listeners for an hour every month during this live show, a co-production with WBGO and WHYY. Ask Governor Murphy airs the second Wednesday of most months at 7 p.m., dependent on schedule availability.

Upcoming episodes are scheduled for Wednesday, May 8 and Wednesday, June 12.

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WNYC Announcer Can't Resist Guest's Red Hair

James Flexner's appearance on WNYC in 1931 could have gone better. He tells the story of the announcer with the wandering hands.
Leader of American Anthropology Launches WNYC Series

American scientists and intellectuals in the fight against fascism before World War II.
60th Anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge

When was the last time you heard a bridge talk? The Brooklyn Bridge?

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Is There Really A Difference Between 'Good' and 'Instant' Coffee?

All Of It

Some people swear by gourmet coffees and boutique roasts. Others say all coffee is good, as long as it perks you up. Novelist and non-fiction writer Peter C. Baker, whose recent piece...
'The Fall Guy' Stunt Designer Chris O'Hara

All Of It

The new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt rom-com "The Fall Guy" is all about a stuntman. We speak with Chris O'Hara, the stunt designer for the film, about his work on the project.
A Breakdown of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef

All Of It

In the last few weeks, hip-hop fans have been following Drake and Kendrick Lamar in a beef for the ages. Vulture critic Craig Jenkins helps us understand where the feud between the tw...
New York's Underground Art Museum

All Of It

Over the past four decades, hundreds of permanent artworks have been installed across New York City's transit system. The new book, Contemporary Art Underground: New York MTA Arts & D...
MoMA Surveys Artist-Activist LaToya Ruby Frazier

All Of It

Opening this weekend at the Museum of Modern Art is the first wholistic survey of artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier.