Subway Shutdown; NYC's Food Czar on Feeding Seniors; Nancy Pelosi's Life; and Diaries From People Hunkering Down Together

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 7, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • The subways are shutting down overnight for the first time in history. Sarah Feinberg, interim president of New York City Transit, talks about the logistics, the alternative transit options and what will happen to the people who had sought refuge in the trains.

  • In a massively expanded role, the city has had to step in and help deliver food to seniors isolated in their homes due to the pandemic. Kathryn Garcia, currently serving as New York City's emergency food czar, talks about the program's rough start, and whether some seniors are still going hungry.

  • Molly Ball, Time magazine's national political correspondent and the author of Pelosi (Henry Holt and Co., 2020), talks about Nancy Pelosi's life and her leadership during the pandemic.

  • Joe Richman, founder and executive producer of Radio Diaries, a not-for-profit radio production, talks about the new Radio Diaries series "Hunker Down," which features stories of people unexpectedly cohabitating because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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