Parents and community members chant as they march around P.S. 189 to protest New York City Mayor Eric Adam's plan to temporarily house immigrants in the school's gymnasium, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in N

Brooklyn BP Reynoso; NPR's Mary Louise Kelly; 2023 News Quiz (So Far); Obsolete Tech You Miss; Summer Arts: Free Music

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 17, 2023

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso talks about the use of school gyms in Brooklyn to house asylum-seekers.

  • Mary Louise Kelly, a host of NPR's All Things Considered and the author of It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), talks about her work and her memoir about the trade-offs between work and family.

  • How well did you pay attention to the news so far in 2023? Prove yourself on this almost-mid-year news quiz. Call-in and get a prize if you answer questions correctly about local and national news.

  • Last month, Netflix announced that it will mail out its last DVDs in September 2023. In light of this, listeners call in to share what past forms of technology -- DVDs, cassettes, or even rotary telephones -- they miss the most.

  • With so many not-to-be-missed cultural offerings this summer, WNYC/Gothamist culture and arts editor Steve Smith shares some of the highlights. Today, he previews the (mostly) free concerts from SummerStage and Celebrate Brooklyn!, and more.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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