Legal Weed in NJ; Mayoral Candidate Carlos Menchaca; Bloomberg's DOT Commish on Buttigieg; Time Capsule: Memorial Calls

Coming up on today's show: 

• Amanda Hoover, reporter at NJ Advance Media covering marijuana legalization, talks about how New Jersey is inching closer to allowing the sale of recreational cannabis.
• Carlos Menchaca, 2021 mayoral hopeful and New York City Council Member (D-38, Sunset Park, Red Hook, Greenwood Heights, and portions of Borough Park, Dyker Heights and Windsor Terrace), discusses his bid for NYC mayor in 2021.
• Janette Sadik-Khan, former Department of Transportation commissioner for New York City under the Bloomberg administration, principal at Bloomberg Associates and author of the book Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution (Penguin Books, 2017), talks about the news that President-elect Biden has nominated his former rival in the presidential campaign (and the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana) to be the next transportation secretary -- and what that means for the transportation and infrastructure needs of the New York area.
• The Brian Lehrer Show and WNYC are putting together a time capsule to remember this strange and difficult year. Today, listeners call in to pay tribute to a loved one they’ve lost from COVID but with whom they were unable to share final moments with due to pandemic restrictions. Together, we’ll mourn those we held dear but couldn't embrace, honor their memories and lament how we were robbed of making more – and preserve their stories in the time capsule, which will be opened up in ten years.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.