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Barred from Returning to School in the Fall, Parents Who Oppose Vaccines Make Backup Plans
They're hoping a judge will decide in their favor and strike down the state's removal of the religious exemption, but many already have back up plans in place.
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Poll: Americans, Including Republicans And Gun Owners, Broadly Support Red Flag Laws
Morning Edition
People are hotly divided about many gun restrictions — but not on extreme risk protection orders. They allow police to temporarily take guns from people seen to be a risk to themselves or others. -
NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo More Than Five Years After Eric Garner's Death
Calling it an "extremely difficult decision," Police Commissioner James O'Neill said he would follow the guidance of an administrative trial judge, who recommended Pantaleo's firing.
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U.S. Tests Missile With A Range Prohibited By Now-Abandoned Treaty
The Pentagon says it tested a modified cruise missile that flew "more than 500 kilometers" — a distance prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty scrapped earlier this month. -
Unanswered Questions Leave Californians Worried About Fire Season
Warm temperatures have Californians again bracing for wildfires. But to better prepare, the residents of Ventura say they need a clearer picture of what went wrong in the destructive 2017 Thomas Fire. -
Cigarettes Can't Be Advertised On TV. Should Juul Ads Be Permitted?
Though tobacco ads have been banned from TV for about 50 years, the marketing of electronic cigarettes isn't constrained by the law. Public health advocates consider that a loophole that hurts kids. -
Homelessness on the Subways
The Brian Lehrer Show
According to an official headcount, the number of homeless people sleeping in the subways is on the rise. What should Gov. Cuomo and the MTA be doing to help those in need of housing? -
Trump Dismisses Recession Fears, Saying Fed Must Help The Economy
All Things Considered
The Trump administration pushed back hard against warnings of an economic slowdown. But the president is also calling on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again to help boost growth.
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Is Tired the New Normal? feat. Jaboukie Young-White and Samantha Bee
Adulting
Michelle celebrates her birthday, while Jordan has to work. The Daily Show’s Jaboukie Young-White hacks New York. And Full Frontal host Samantha Bee tells a story you won’t forget. -
Afropunk 2019
All Of It
Matthew Morgan, CEO of Afropunk, joins us to discuss the festival’s history as well as this year’s lineup. -
'Black Card' Wrings Humor And Pathos Out Of A Serious Situation
Chris L. Terry draws on his own experiences for this story about an unnamed biracial man whose attempts to hold on to both his white and black identities (and his gig in a punk band) cause a crisis. - Edit Bucket
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Maggie Gyllenhaal on “The Deuce” and #MeToo
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The actress talks about playing a sex worker in HBO’s porn-industry drama, and about how #MeToo highlighted the compromises that all women are asked to make.
Tech and Media
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Long Before C-SPAN, WNYC was Airing the Legislative Process
WNYC broadcast the unedited sausage making of government from City Hall and generated huge audience 1938-1939. -
Chris 'Sit Down and Shut Up' Christie Creates Think Tank Centered on Civility
The former governor of New Jersey made being brash his brand. The new Christie Institute of Public Policy will focus on how to make public discourse more civil and bipartisan. -
A Civilization As Great As Ours
On the Media
Hindu nationalists are rewriting Indian history, and we re-examine a foundational myth in the US.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: Rare "Barbershop Gospel" Reissues, iLe, and Bat for Lashes
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Week of Aug. 12: This week, reissued "barbershop gospel" rarities, a Springsteen soundtrack, new songs from Bat for Lashes and iLE, along with Bon Iver’s 8-part surprise. -
Cosmo Sheldrake's Eccentric, Strangely Alluring Pop
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London composer Cosmo Sheldrake has a knack for refreshingly playful and whimsical pop that often incorporates natural sounds. He joins us to perform some of his latest music in-studio. -
Watch: DOOMSQUAD's Outsider Dance-Rock Jams
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Toronto-based art-dance-rock trio DOOMSQUAD crafts outsider electronica that is a mix of protest music and dance-floor grooves with rototoms and the odd flute solo. They play in-studio. -
Blick Bassy Heals By Remembering The Stories
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France-based Cameroonian musician Blick Bassy’s quiet and beautiful songs fall somewhere on the spectrum of blues, folk-soul, and pop. He plays in an intimate setting, in-studio. -
Watch: Lea Bertucci Transforms and Extends the Saxophone
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Sound artist, sax player, and composer Lea Bertucci uses processing and delay and/or resonant spaces, to transform alto sax into new sounds. She performs two extended pieces in-studio.
