Congress Tries Police Reform; Vaccine Outreach Continues; Plastic Recycling; Ask the Mayor
The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 23, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast the Washington Post Live's First Look and host of The Sunday Show on MSNBC, reviews this week in national politics.
- More than half the nation’s adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Now it’s going to take some hard work to reach and convince the rest. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, and Elena Tate, volunteer for Epicenter-NYC, talk about their work volunteering to sign people up for vaccinations, and how that work is shifting to door knocking and community outreach.
- After a week of listeners documenting their plastic use with the #PlasticChallenge, Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics, visiting professor at Bennington College and former EPA Region 2 administrator, talks about which plastics are actually recyclable, and answers your questions on the topic.
- 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.
