
Buffer Zone Bills on the Table; Global Energy on the "Verge of Disaster"; Moral Injuries on the Battlefield and Beyond; Tree City
The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 24
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- Two so-called "buffer zone" bills passed the New York City Council last month, and lawmakers in Albany have similar proposals on the table, too. Jimmy Vielkind, New York State Issues reporter for WNYC, talks about whether the bills, which would require a buffer zone for protesters outside houses of worship and health care facilities, will make it into the state budget, and Sahalie Donaldson, City Hall reporter at City & State New York, reports on the bills' status in New York City, plus they both discuss the disagreements between Democrats over the issue.Â
- Now more than fifty days into the U.S.-Iran war, the world has lost 550 million barrels of Gulf crude oil. Matthieu Favas, commodities editor at The Economist, explains how this is impacting global energy markets in European and Asian countries that rely on that supply.
- Michael Valdovinos, clinical psychologist, veteran, trauma expert, and author of Moral Injuries: When Good Conscience Suffers in a World of Hurt (Harper, 2026), talks about recognizing and healing "moral injuries" that occur not from physical trauma, but from acts that violate the conscience, and are now understood to affect those on the battlefield and in all walks of life.
- Dan Lambe, CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, and Ben Osborne, assistant commissioner of forestry and horticulture at NYC Parks, talk about Arbor Day and NYC's new Urban Forest Plan for expanding the tree canopy.
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