GOP Candidates & the UAW Strike; A Controversial NYPD Recommendation; The AR-15 Story; Big Dogs, Small Apartments
On today's show:
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Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter for The Washington Post, talks about how the GOP presidential hopefuls address the issues raised by the UAW strike as they meet for a second debate.
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Yoav Gonen, senior reporter for The City, recounts what happened when a police officer killed Kawaski Trawick outside his apartment door in The Bronx back in 2019, and why the NYPD is not recommending any discipline or misconduct charges for the two officers who were involved.
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Cameron McWhirter, an Atlanta-based national reporter for The Wall Street Journal and the co-author (with Zusha Elinson) of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), and Zusha Elinson, Wall Street Journal reporter covering America’s gun culture and industry, tell the story of America's gun culture through that of the AR-15, a weapon that went from use in Vietnam to leisure and mass shootings.
- After The New York Times documented how difficult it can be to rent an apartment with a big dog in tow, listeners with large dogs share the difficulties they've experienced while trying to find an apartment that will rent to them, as well as issues they've come across while cohabitating in small spaces with their big furry friends. Plus, listeners who would rather not cohabitate in a building with big dogs share their reasoning.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
