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Watch Live: Judiciary Committee Continues Review of Articles of Impeachment
On Thursday, after more debate, the committee will likely vote to send the articles to the full House, which is expected to vote next week.
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What Is Giuliani Doing in Ukraine?
Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
Rudy went to Ukraine, he says, to write his own report, a counter-narrative to Dems' charges. Trump, Inc. co-hosts tell us why he's talking to people widely considered to be corrupt. -
Harvey Weinstein Reaches Tentative $25 Million Deal To Settle Sex Misconduct Claims
It isn't clear how many of Weinstein's accusers will agree to the deal. He still faces a criminal trial in New York next month on charges of sexually assaulting two women.
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The Other Subprime Debt Problem
A WNYC investigation shows how auto lender Credit Acceptance took advantage of sub-prime borrowers to become a Wall Street darling. -
Jersey City Shooters Targeted Jewish Deli In 'Act Of Terror,' Officials Say
The two suspects in the Jersey City shooting were specifically targeting a Jewish grocery store as part of an apparent anti-Semitic attack, officials said.
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Trump Still Faces 3 Lawsuits Over His Business Empire
The suits allege that Trump is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution — and demand that the president divest from his private dealings. -
How The House Prescription Drug Plan Would Try To Lower Drug Prices
Lawmakers are voting Thursday on a bill to rein in drug costs. President Trump has vowed to veto it. But the plan shares a lot with other bipartisan efforts. Here's how it would work. -
DOJ Inspector General Tells Congress His Report Does Not 'Vindicate Anybody'
Both Democrats and Republicans argue Michael Horowitz's findings bolster their own arguments about the Justice Department's Russia investigation. Horowitz pushed back in a Senate Judiciary hearing.
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Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice: Don't Look Back in Ardor
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When someone you love dies, how far would you be willing to go to bring them back? The mythical Orpheus goes to hell and back, but even that isn’t enough to save his love Eurydice. -
Music of the 2010s
The Brian Lehrer Show
As the decade comes to an end, let's reflect on the music it gave us. -
The Children Of Heart Mountain
Death, Sex & Money
At an annual pilgrimage back to a former Japanese American incarceration site, we hear from people reliving complicated childhood memories and descendants looking for answers. - Edit Bucket
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Repping the Shy, Quiet Black Girls Who Love to Read
Vashti Harrison writes and illustrates books to inspire young readers — and to showcase a different version of blackness.
Tech and Media
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The Dead Consensus
On the Media
The latest on Trump's impeachment, its parallels to the Andrew Johnson trial, and the rise of the "illiberal" right. -
Can A Computer Catch A Spy?
Thirty years ago, a team of investigators set out to find one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history. It took three years. Could today's computer algorithms uncover insider threats any faster? -
The Double Standard in How the Media Covers 2020 Democratic Candidates
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How the media helped shape which candidates made it this far... and who didn't.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: Reggie Watts, Bonny Light Horseman, and Xenia Rubinos
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This week, new songs from the creator of Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell, late night TV show bandleader Reggie Watts, the mercurial Beck. Plus, new music from Xenia Rubinos and Antibalas. -
Rwandan Band The Good Ones Offers Strength and Peace
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The Good Ones are a band Rwandan genocide survivors who make acoustic folk songs. With intricate harmonies and unique instruments, the band performs their latest music, in-studio. -
L.A. Band La Santa Cecilia Sparks Joy With Salsa-Punk
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Los Angeles-based band La Santa Cecilia draws upon their Mexican-American roots, and dips into cumbia, jazz, rock, klezmer, as they see fit. They play new and old tunes, in-studio. -
Watch: Chamber Soul-Pop by yMusic and Emily King
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Prolific chamber sextet yMusic and pop-soul songwriter Emily King, present a one-of-a-kind collaboration that might meld orchestral instruments with contemporary R&B, in-studio. -
Drummer Marcus Gilmore Creates Continuous Melodies
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Drummer and composer Marcus Gilmore carries on the creative openness of his drum elders and underscores the drum set as melodic instrument (as augmented by Sunhouse Sensory Percussion.)
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Tues, Dec 17 | Get Lit with All of It: Little Women
Join Alison Stewart, host of WNYC’s All Of It, for the next installment in their monthly book club series featuring the perennial classic Little Women. Alison will be joined by bestselling authors Kate Bolick (Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own), and Anne Boyd Rioux (Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters) to discuss what has made this holiday favorite an intergenerational classic. Why do we still look at the March sisters as prototypes, and how will a new generation of readers react to the upcoming Greta Gerwig adaptation this Christmas?
Plus, a performance by Molly Burch! Buy a ticket for yourself and read along with Alison and Team All Of It, or buy a table and get your whole book club to come along!
