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What You Need to Know About The Queens D.A. Primary
The Brian Lehrer Show
There are six candidates left in this race. How far will they go with reform? Here's what you need to know before you hit the polls.
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Life After Overdose, Part 2: Efforts, from the Hospital to the Neighborhood
The Takeaway
In the second part of "Life After Overdose," we go to Columbus, Ohio, to meet with an ER doctor who faces overdose patients daily. He shares his efforts to steer them to recovery. -
Lessons in Activism: Graduating Student Leaders Contemplate Next Moves
High school seniors reflect on being activists in their schools, their communities and beyond.
Latest from WNYC & NPR
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Trump Says 'Any Attack' By Iran Would Be Met With 'Overwhelming Force'
"In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration," President Trump tweeted. The U.S. slapped additional sanctions on Iran on Monday after Trump opted against a military strike last week. -
Migrants, Refugees Sent to Dangerous Mexican Border Towns to Await Hearings
The Takeaway
The U.S. is sending Central American migrants fleeing gang violence back to Mexican cities with reputations for gang violence to await their asylum hearings. -
What to Do About the Border
The Brian Lehrer Show
What's the government doing? What should Americans do? -
1,000's of Great Movies Streamed Into Your Home for Free? No Longer
New York City's public libraries will cease offering Kanopy, a movie streaming service with thousands of movies available for library patrons, as of July 1. -
The Sound of Pride: Stonewall at 50
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, WNYC present special radio, podcast and live event programming that captures the spirit, history, impact, and voices of the LGBTQ movement.
Arts and Culture
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The Changing Meaning of Gender Across Generations
We may take it for granted that young, LGBTQ people know the stories of the activists who came before them. But dialogue across generations rarely happens. -
The Newark Museum Black Film Festival
All Of It
The director and CEO of the Newark Museum, Linda Harrison, gives a preview of the Newark Museum Black Film Festival. -
Prejudice and Pride: 1989 and the AIDS Epidemic
The Brian Lehrer Show
"We found our power, we found our voice. There was no going back after that. And now we are indignant.' - Peter Staley - Edit Bucket
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The Abortion Clinic That Won't Go Quietly
The Stakes
A broken democracy. A Supreme Court showdown. And a group of Alabama women who continue to provide care despite it all.
Tech and Media
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Plant-Based Meat Alternatives are Beefing Up in Popularity
The Takeaway
Plant-based meat has seen a boom in popularity but is it really all its chalked up to be? -
Instagram Advertising: Do You Know It, When You See It?
All Things Considered
"Micro-influencers" work with big companies to sell products on social media. Consumer groups are increasingly concerned that many posts on Instagram and platforms aren't clearly marked as ads. -
The Scarlet E, Part III: Tenants and Landlords
On the Media
We continue our four-part series on eviction by picking apart the mechanics of the problem.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: the Seratones, Sturgill Simpson, and Joan Shelley
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Week of June 17: This week, Louisiana soul from the Seratones, Louisville folk by Joan Shelley, and music for the zombie apocalypse by Sturgill Simpson. -
Saying What Must Be Said, The Oddysy Combines Funk, Bass, Beats, And Samples
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Electro-hip-hop-jazz-soul duo The Oddysy, plays in-studio, saying what must be said, combining samples, scratching, bass, beats, and classic funk grooves from their latest record. -
#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.
