Sean Carlson

Host, WNYC/WQXR News

Sean Carlson appears in the following:

Weekly Music Roundup: Black Pumas, boygenius, and Desire Marea

Monday, October 16, 2023

This week, new songs from Black Pumas, boygenius, and Desire Marea, plus an old song, revisited, from Penguin Café.  
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Weekly Music Roundup: Lizz Wright, Armand Hammer, and The Rolling Stones

Monday, October 02, 2023

New Sounds
This week, The Rolling Stones, rappers Armand Hammer, and a Lizz Wright premiere. Plus, English R&B singer Jorja Smith, and sax player/composer Matana Roberts.
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Weekly Music Roundup: The National, 070 Shake, and Roberto Fonseca

Monday, September 25, 2023

New Sounds
The National surprises; a gothic turn for rapper 070 Shake; and Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca. Plus, David Cieri’s new score to an old film, and lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams.
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Female Vassar professors sue college for gender pay gap

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

 Five former or currently tenured Vassar professors filed the suit that says female faculty members receive lower average salaries than men performing the same work.

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Why after a month, nurses are still on strike at NJ's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

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Nurses are on strike at New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Nurses say they need safer staffing ratios; the hospital says it'll do that. So where's the holdup?

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Weekly Music Roundup: Nas, Mitski, and Sufjan Stevens

Monday, September 18, 2023

This week, Nas turns 50; Mitski finds love in an inhospitable land; Sufjan Stevens wonders if he’ll find love anywhere.
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How New York could help migrants find jobs

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Elected officials and advocates say the state should issue New York-based work permits for the thousands of migrants arriving in New York every month.

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How a NY judge ruling a new ethics panel unconstitutional could 'blow up enforcement'

Thursday, September 14, 2023

One expert says the ruling could also affect other state agencies. 

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NY gave these weed entrepreneurs a leg up. Now, they could face financial ruin.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

WNYC/Gothamist spoke to half a dozen CAURD license holders about what they could lose financially and emotionally after a New York judge indefinitely paused their business openings.

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Mayor Adams orders billions in budget cuts, escalates calls for federal and state migrant aid

Monday, September 11, 2023

“The simple truth is that longtime New Yorkers and asylum-seekers will feel these potential cuts,” Adams said.

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Weekly Music Roundup: The Rolling Stones, Yungchen Lhamo, and Allison Russell

Monday, September 11, 2023

New Sounds
The Stones, still rolling; Yungchen Lhamo’s global prayer for kindness; Allison Russell confronts her demons; and sax player James Brandon Lewis's tribute to Mahalia Jackson.
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Williamsburg mainstay Toñita's attracts a new generation to the social club

Friday, September 08, 2023

The Caribbean Social Club and its owner remain the same through the city's continuous changes, this time providing solace for asylum seekers and migrants new to the five boroughs.

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Construction Suicide Prevention Week shines light on high suicide rate among construction workers

Thursday, September 07, 2023

The federal government says the suicide rate for men working in the construction industry is four times higher than the general population.

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NJ veterans' homes still exposing residents to health dangers: Feds

Thursday, September 07, 2023

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration says it's made improvements, but that there's more work to do

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Don’t call it a booster: What NYC should know about COVID vaccines this year

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

If you’ve had COVID-19 before and didn’t feel too bad, that’s not necessarily what will happen the next time you get sick because of new variants.

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Weekly Music Roundup: Speedy Ortiz, Omar Apollo, Nicki Minaj

Monday, September 04, 2023

New Sounds
This week, winter memories from Omar Apollo, returns for Speedy Ortiz and Beirut, and a change of pace from Nicki Minaj.
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NYC had one of the world's deadliest COVID outbreaks in 2020. What lessons have we learned?

Thursday, August 31, 2023

A new report says New York City's initial COVID-19 wave hit weeks earlier than initially reported and says leaders should apply lessons from spring 2020 to prepare for the next pandemic.

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"We Can't Sustain This" Staten Island Borough President on NYC's migrant crisis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Republican Vito Fossella says he wants the state legislature to revisit NYC's right to shelter mandate.

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'Now is our moment': Councilmember details decision to extend Madison Square Garden's permit 5 years

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

On Monday, a City Council committee voted to extend the arena's permit for five years. 

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Weekly Music Roundup: Mon Laferte, jaimie branch, and Say She She

Monday, August 28, 2023

New Sounds
This week, Prince through the looking glass, Mon Laferte’s trip-hop bolero, and a posthumous stunner from trumpeter jaimie branch. Plus new discodelica from Say She She, and more.
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