Oath Keepers Conviction; New Involuntary Hospitalization Plan; How To Play The NYC Housing Lottery; Merriam-Webster Is Not 'Gaslighting' You
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 30, 2022
Coming up on today's show:
- Devlin Barrett, Washington Post reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement, talks about yesterday's verdict in the Oath Keepers trial, plus what's happening with the special counsel's investigation into former President Trump.
- Andy Newman, New York Times reporter covering social services and poverty in the New York Metro Region, discusses Mayor Adams' policy announcement expanding police and medical workers' ability to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illness.
- Robin Redmond, executive director of the Flatbush Development Corporation, explains how New Yorkers can apply for affordable apartments through various lotteries, plus listeners call in to share how and when they won a lottery and moved into an NYC 'affordable housing' apartment.
- Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor at large, explains why Merriam-Webster has named 'gaslighting' its word of 2022, and listeners tell us how they use the word.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.
