#AskTheMayor; We Need to Talk About Nepotism; Hot Spots: Hong Kong and Iran; Fatherhood and Masculinity

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 14, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Dahlia Lithwick, covers courts and the law for Slate and hosts the podcast Amicus. She argues that from Jared Kushner to Elaine Chao and Amy Chua, the elites in charge need to be called out for letting family ties inform who gets power.
  • Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs writer for The Washington Post, talks about the rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran and between pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the mainland-backed government.
  • A father’s day call-in for dads about how notions of masculinity in parenting have changed from grandfather to son and from son to grandson.

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