Judy Woodruff; Roy Wood Jr.; 'The Divided Dial'; Goodbye MTV News; Cutting Power Plant Emissions; Why TV Writers Are Striking
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 16, 2023
On today's show:
- Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, previews her new series "America at a Crossroads," a series that will examine the many divisions fracturing the United States, and reflects on her career in broadcast journalism, in which she has covered every presidential convention since 1976.
- Roy Wood Jr., comedian and "Daily Show" correspondent, talks about hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner, his family connection to journalism and working on "The Daily Show."
- Katie Thornton, independent journalist, public historian, Fulbright fellow, and host of The Divided Dial, a series on WNYC's On the Media, discusses her Peabody-award winning series with On the Media in which she dives deep into the far-right's dominance of talk radio.
- Alison Stewart, host of WNYC's All of It with Alison Stewart, reflects on MTV News shutting down, and remembers her years as a reporter at the groundbreaking network.
- Michael Burger, executive director of Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, talks about the latest proposals from the Biden administration that would cap carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants to virtually eliminate them by 2040.
- Kate Fortmueller, assistant professor of entertainment & media studies at the University of Georgia, explains the demands of film and TV writers, the labor issues underpinning the strike, and the new economic picture of the industry in the streaming age.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
