Biden's Executive Actions on Guns; Reimagining Vaccine 'Passports'; Quitting Social Media; Ask the Mayor
The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 9, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Champe Barton, reporter at The Trace, a non-profit news site covering gun violence, talks about Pres. Biden's executive actions on preventing gun violence and their impact in New York and New Jersey.
- Leana Wen, MD, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner and the author of the forthcoming book Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Metropolitan Books, 2021), shares her thoughts on how to re-frame vaccine passports so they are less divisive, and explains how she believes proof of vaccination can give people more freedom, not less. Plus, she discusses the latest on the race between the variants causing new case spikes and vaccine distribution.
- Jia Tolentino, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about the recent trend of people who have recently quit, or taken a break from, social media platforms and takes calls from listeners about their experiences.
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
