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'Harm to Ongoing Matter'
Trump, Inc.
Trump’s business deal was bigger, lasted longer and fueled more secrecy than we knew before.
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Will Democrats 'Follow The Mueller Report To Where It Leads'?
Impeachment talk started again among Democrats Thursday with the release of the redacted Mueller report, though many still see that as too politically risky.
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Justice and Journalism Thirty Years After the Central Park Jogger Case
Decades after the grisly case and wrongful convictions consumed New York City, have the media and law enforcement taken full responsibility?
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#Ask the Mayor: Mueller Report, Campaign Finance, Measles
The Brian Lehrer Show
New York City's Mayor de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. -
Mueller Report Raises New Questions About Russia's Hacking Targets In 2016
The special counsel's report said the FBI believes Russian military intelligence was able to gain access to at least one Florida county government's computer network during the 2016 campaign. -
Judge Upholds Mandatory Measles Vaccinations As New York Closes More Schools
Judge Lawrence Knipel refused a request from parents to lift the vaccination order that was imposed last week to stem a measles outbreak. The parents claimed the city had overstepped its authority. -
What I Learned From 3 Years of Living Zero Waste
Lydia McMullen-Laird has been living a zero waste lifestyle for the past three years. She says it’s one way to reduce your carbon footprint and fight climate change. -
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Arts and Culture
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Satanists for the First Amendment
Documentary of the Week
The documentary “Hail Satan?” is part satire, part social action, profiling a network of pagan worshippers and political provocateurs in the Satanic Temple. -
Lawyer and Comedian Andrea Coleman is Here to Judge Your Laws
Andrea Coleman can prepare a deposition for a racist client — and turn it into comedy in one fell swoop. -
'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark'
All Of It
Lynn Nottage & Kamilah Forbes on “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.” - Edit Bucket
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Phoebe and Jemele Hill Won't Shut Up
Sooo Many White Guys
Phoebe’s joined by sports journalist Jemele Hill (ESPN, The Atlantic). Jemele discusses her infamous Trump tweet, the controversy that followed, and practicing “journalism while black.”
Tech and Media
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The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For Journalists
"Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats," Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index, adding that President Trump "exacerbates" problem. -
Former 'Ebony' Publisher Declares Bankruptcy, And An Era Ends
For millions of African-Americans who did not otherwise see themselves in the mainstream media, Ebony was more than a magazine. It was a public trust. This week marks its final chapter. -
Logan Paul and YouTube's Conspiracy Theory Problem
On the Media
Can YouTube save itself from its most notorious creators?
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Ellen Reid And Immigrant Songs
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This week, hear immigrant songs from T-Bone Burnett and Sinkane, plus Ellen Reid wins the Pulitzer Prize winner for Music, and Aretha Franklin's Special Citation. -
Watch: Intimate Atmospheric Pop by Helado Negro
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Songwriter and electronic musician Helado Negro makes spacey folky electro-pop that pulses with gentle power. He performs music from his latest, 'This Is How You Smile', in-studio. -
Watch: Cosmic Funk by The Comet Is Coming
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London-based trio The Comet Is Coming makes rooms of people dance, incorporating electronic music, hip hop, psych, and rock. They play their sweaty cosmic funky dance jazz, in-studio. -
Watch: Adia Victoria Carries The Legacy of the Blues
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Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet Adia Victoria crafts Southern Gothic pop deeply rooted in the blues. She performs new songs from her record, “Silences”, in-studio. -
J.S. Ondara Says Hello To The 'American Dream'
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Kenyan-born, Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter J.S. Ondara, inspired by a love for Bob Dylan, plays songs in “old troubadour style” from his debut record, Tales of America, in-studio.
