The Budget According to Cuomo; Trump Announces Aid Cuts to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; Is Cannabis Addictive?; Judith Viorst on Turning 90

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2019

Coming up on today's show: 

  • New York State lawmakers agreed to a deal on the new budget over the weekend. Governor Andrew Cuomo talks about what's in and what was left out.

  • As President Trump plans to suspend development aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador over the issue of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, investigative reporter John Carlos Frey explains how cutting aid will impact the region and its effect on immigration.

  • Carl Hart, professor in the departments of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University and the author of High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society, talks about his own life and his work on the science of drug and cannabis addiction.

  • Judith Viorst, author of many books, including the children's classic, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and her latest, Nearing Ninety: And Other Comedies of Late Life (Simon & Schuster, 2019), talks about aging, creativity, and life at 90.

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