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Is America Ready to Make Reparations?
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The debate on making reparations for slavery is as old as the Republic. Will the nation finally face up to its history?
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Trump Orders An Additional 1,500 Troops To The Middle East
The Pentagon would not say where the troops would be sent, other than that they would not be heading to Iraq and Syria. Some of the forces have already arrived in the region. -
Is U.S. Women's Soccer Team, the World Cup Favorite, Ripe for an Upset?
Jim O'Grady, WNYC reporter, and Isabel Angell, producer with The Takeaway, stage a lively debate.
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#AsktheMayor: Eric Garner; Taxi Medallions; Affordable Housing; Libraries
The Brian Lehrer Show
"It will be resolved this year and there will be due process" says Mayor de Blasio regarding trial about Eric Garner's death. -
This Week in Politics: The Other (former) Local Big City Mayor Running for President
U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s White House bid has struggled to gain traction. WNYC’s Sean Carlson attempts to find out why with a longtime observer of Booker. -
Harvey Weinstein 'Reaches $44 Million Deal' With Accusers
About $30 million would compensate women who have accused him of sexual misconduct as well as former employees of Weinstein Co. and studio creditors, The Wall Street Journal reports. -
Deteriorating Relationship between Murphy, Sweeney Impacting Budget Negotiations
Gov. Murphy wants a millionaires tax. Senate President Sweeney wants pension reform. As their strained relationship hits a new low, how will the two sides reach a budget deal? -
Critically Ill Man Deported Without Adequate Medication, Access to Care
His attorneys say he could die if he's not immediately returned to the United States for treatment.
Arts and Culture
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'Booksmart' Marks a Wave of More Progressive Teen Films
The Takeaway
This Friday, Olivia Wilde's directorial debut, "Booksmart," hits theaters. It comes as part of a recent wave of teen movies that take a more modern look at high school relationships. -
"Dealing in Dreams" Is a Love Letter to the Bronx
Author Lilliam Rivera grew up in NYCHA housing in the Bronx. In her new young adult novel, her childhood apartment becomes luxury housing, set in a dystopian future. -
To Be Young, Conscious and Rap
The Stakes
Hip hop schooled a generation to be unapologetically black and proud, until commercialism changed the rap game. - Edit Bucket
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Warhol, Dylan, Ginsberg and...Barbara Rubin
Documentary of the Week
The documentary “Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground” shines a light on the experimental filmmaker who moved in the circles of Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol and Allen Ginsberg.
Tech and Media
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Solving the Facebook Problem at Home and Abroad
On the Media
How regulating Facebook could hurt users abroad. -
Scientists Modify Viruses With CRISPR To Create New Weapon Against Superbugs
Morning Edition
Superbugs are bacteria that can beat modern medicine's most powerful drugs. So doctors are racing to find new ways to fight back. -
CBS News Places Gayle King Front And Center In Revamp
CBS's Gayle King is having a moment at a time of scandals and ratings struggles at the network. She has emerged with a hefty new contract and a new team as the new CBS This Morning debuted Monday.
Music For Your Day
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#4109: New Sounds Live: ModernMedieval and Julianna Barwick
New Sounds
From the New Sounds Live/Ecstatic Music Festival series, hear a premiere of new works for vocal super-group called ModernMedieval, and music by Julianna Barwick, separately and together. -
Weekly Music Roundup: Philip Bailey and Lila Downs
Soundcheck
Week of May 13: This week, looking back to the 70s with Philip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire, Lila Downs, and Doomsquad. Plus Flying Lotus teams up with Anderson .Paak, and more. -
#4105: Something Is Happening with Shabaka Hutchings
New Sounds
Recorded in London, meet reed player, composer, and bandleader, Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, and Shabaka and the Ancestors) who will not be limited to "jazz." -
#4234: New Works By Composers Who Happen to Be Women
New Sounds
Listen to new music by saxophonist/composer Shelley Washington and songs by German composer Alev Lenz, featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Plus works by Kelly Moran and Nicole Lizée. -
Watch: Combo Chimbita Channels the Spirits Via Latinx Psych-Funk
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Hear tropical psych-rock from Combo Chimbita, a quartet based in New York City by way of Colombia. They bring their future-funk-trancey-cumbia dance party to play in-studio.
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Fri, May 31 | The Takeaway: Politics With Amy Walter
On the one year anniversary of the launch of Politics with Amy Walter from The Takeaway, the show takes a look back at the history of the electoral college.
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Fri, May 31 | New York Guitar Festival Celebrates Memphis Minnie with Fantastic Negrito, Kaia Kater, Rafiq Bhatia and Amythyst Kiah
Celebrate the music of the legendary Memphis Minnie in The Greene Space with the New York Guitar Festival, featuring Amythyst Kiah, Kaia Kater, Rafiq Bhatia, and Fantastic Negrito.
