The Global Response to COVID-19; How Loneliness (and Social Distancing) Can Affect Our Health; Ask the Mayor; Bridgegate Finale
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 8, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and Gzero Media, host of the new public television weekly show, Gzero World, and the author of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism (Portfolio, 2018), traces how the COVID-19 pandemic traveled the world and which government policies worked -- and which didn't.
- Â Dr. Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of the United States (2014 to 2017) and author of Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World (Harper Wave, 2020), explains why loneliness is a major public health concern, and how to stay connected while social distancing in the age of COVID-19.
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
- With Thursday's Supreme Court decision, the Bridgegate saga concludes. Andrea Bernstein, WNYC reporter and co-host of the WNYC/Pro Publica podcast Trump, Inc. and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W.W. Norton and Company, 2020), and WNYC reporter Matt Katz, look back on the story and what the ruling means for holding elected and appointed officials accountable going forward.
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