The Big Stories of 2022; NYC's Economic Recovery Still 'Uneven'; Your Calls On The Kwanzaa Principles You Focus On

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 27, 2022
On today's show:
  • 2022 was not short on big, important news stories and cycles. Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, host of The Blackest Questions podcast on the Grio and the author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), Susan Glasser, a staff writer at the New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), and Azi Paybarah, national reporter covering campaigns and breaking politics news for The Washington Post, reflect on the biggest and most consequential local, national and international news events of the year.
  • Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and the Ravitch Fiscal reporting program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, analyzes how the city's post-pandemic economy is doing, and what the years ahead might look like as fears of a recession loom.
  • It's the start of Kwanzaa season and listeners call in to share how they celebrate and which of the seven Kwanzaa principles they prioritize.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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