Listeners offer tributes to the emotional labor their moms have put in over the years: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

@yale.edu professor Ian Shapiro talks about his new book "After the Fall." Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

@davidfbrand.bsky.social talks about the Rent Guidelines Board meeting and preliminary vote on a potential rent freeze. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

@janainelson.bsky.social, president-director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks about the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Callais V. Louisiana, plus the redistricting news out of Virginia. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

On today's show, we asked listeners: when do you choose to LISTEN to a book as opposed to READ it? Callers shared their thoughts on how they prefer to consume books. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

ICYMI: Suzanne Goldberg unpacked the Trump administration's investigation of Smith College over its policy of admitting transgender students, plus its lawsuit against the New York Times, which alleges discrimination against white people in the paper's hiring practices. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

This morning on the show: @manhattanda.bsky.social Alvin Bragg discussed his office's efforts to address gun violence, vacate wrongful convictions, and other legislative efforts. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

ICYMI: The Iran war and higher fuel prices were a major factor in the demise of Spirit Airlines. Dean Seal, corporate news reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joined the show this morning to discuss how Spirit shutting down may mean higher fares across the board. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

Hear about the lineup for Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park this summer: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

Why the U.S. fertility rate is dropping, whether it matters and whether any government incentives work to encourage people to have more kids. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

A storied program at Bellevue Hospital that treats torture survivors may have to shut down. Dr. Allen Keller, founder of Bellevue's Program for Survivors of Torture, and a former patient discuss the impact of the program and why they're fighting to keep it open. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

Listen to @kim.senate.gov talk about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey, including the war with Iran and partisan redistricting in the Garden State and around the country. wnyc.org/browse/shows...

How to avoid phishing scams www.wnyc.org/story/how-to...

NYU law professor and MS NOW commentator Melissa Murray on how to read and understand the U.S. Constitution. Murray has a new book on this subject, 'The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader' www.wnyc.org/story/the-co...

NY State Senator Zellnor Myrie has introduced legislation that would allow survivors of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein to seek damages from the Epstein estate. Myrie talked to us about the bill and some other news on today's show. www.wnyc.org/story/justic...

On Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily reinstated a Food and Drug Administration rule allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be prescribed via telemedicine. We talked to an abortion provider and a journalist who covers abortion rights about this policy shift. www.wnyc.org/story/the-ab...

Listeners share how much politics, or economics, went into the decision of where they (or their kid) decided to go to college: www.wnyc.org/story/your-c...

Derrick Palmer, cofounder of the Amazon Labor Union and the author of Handbook for the Revolution: Building a More Perfect Union for the Twenty-First Century, tells the story of organizing the first successful labor union for Amazon workers. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/unitin...

Meet NYC's new Human Rights Commissioner, Christine Clarke: www.wnyc.org/story/meet-n...

@nytimes.com reporter Nick Corasaniti talks about the coming "redistricting wars" after last week's Supreme Court opinion that struck down part of the Voting Rights Act. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/monday...

ICYMI, @nytimes.com critic Lindsay Zoladz on their list of great living American songwriters: www.wnyc.org/story/the-ne...

ICYMI, @maryrziegler.bsky.social on the Trump administration's new funding guidelines on family planning: www.wnyc.org/story/the-ne...

ICYMI: @nyc.streetsblog.org's J.K. Trotter on a bill in Albany to curb 'super speeders': www.wnyc.org/story/a-plan...

ICYMI, @nytimes.com Farnaz Fassihi updates the situation in Iran: www.wnyc.org/story/the-la...

Writer Halle Newman talks about her recent piece for Slate, "My Dad Used to Have All the Answers. Now He Asks ChatGPT," and the people who outsource their advice-giving to generative AI. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/when-d...

Nicholas Enrich, who worked at USAID under four administrations, talks about his new book, "Into The Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID," and the effect on countries where the agency used to work. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/behind...

@wnyc.org / @gothamist.com reporter Karen Yi shares details on the eligibility changes coming for SNAP recipients, including new work requirements. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/ny--nj...

Two guests from @rescue.org talk about what might happen to thousands of Haitians and Syrians in the US if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Trump administration and TPS is cancelled. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/tps-fo...

Listeners who are hiring for interesting jobs call in to share the details. www.wnyc.org/story/are-yo...

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, co-chief executive officer of @penamerica.bsky.social, and Dinaw Mengestu, novelist and writer and president of PEN America, talk about free expression around the world and the World Voices Festival underway. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/pen-wo...

Meet the Mamdani administration's new "close Rikers" czar, Dana Kaplan: www.wnyc.org/story/close-...

Emily Bazelon, from @nytimes.com magazine & Yale Law School, talks about today's oral arguments on TPS in the Supreme Court, plus reacts on the fly to the redistricting opinion that came down this morning. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/scotus...

ICYMI, @newyorker.com staff writer Jessica Winter on the problem of AI in the classroom: www.wnyc.org/story/ai-cre...

ICYMI, @davidfbrand.bsky.social on the mayor's new effort at preventing deed theft: www.wnyc.org/story/mamdan...

ICYMI, @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social on HHS Sec Kennedy's testimony before 7 congressional committees in one week: www.wnyc.org/story/why-rf...

ICYMI, @brianstelter.bsky.social's first-hand account on the events at White House Correspondents' Dinner, and more: www.wnyc.org/story/white-...

Celebrating NYC's amazing trees on this Arbor Day www.wnyc.org/story/tree-c...

Clinical psychologist, veteran, and trauma specialist Michael Valdovinos on the "moral injuries" that occur not from physical trauma, but from acts that violate the conscience. www.wnyc.org/story/moral-...

More than fifty days into the U.S.-Iran war, the world has lost 550 million barrels of Gulf crude oil. Matthieu Favas, commodities editor at The Economist, explains how this is impacting global energy markets in European and Asian countries that rely on that supply. www.wnyc.org/story/global...

ICYMI: Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed one protest "buffer zone" bill and allowed another to go into effect. www.wnyc.org/story/343d0b...

In honor of World Book Day and the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary, Brooklyn Public Library librarians made a list of 250 books important to the US. Hear @bklynlibrary.bsky.social president and CEO Linda Johnson talk about the picks and why librarians chose them. www.wnyc.org/story/250-bo...

ICYMI: @jamellebouie.net, NYT opinion columnist and Hillman Prize guest judge, and Michelle Adams, Hillman Prize winner and author of The Containment (Macmillan, 2025), talk journalism for the common good. www.wnyc.org/story/journa...

Should Democrats appear on Hasan Piker's Twitch stream? Jonathan Cowan, co-founder and pres. of centrist think tank @thirdway.bsky.social, and @danieldenvir.bsky.social, host of The Dig, debate: www.wnyc.org/story/should...

Hear @andrewsrein.bsky.social , president of the @cbcny.bsky.social, discuss a new report showing NYC is losing residents at every income level, and what the city can do about it. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/how-to...

Jackie Faherty, astrophysicist and science educator at the American Museum of Natural History, gives an astrophysicist's view of Earth Day. Take a listen: www.wnyc.org/story/earth-...

ICYMI, @fredmkaplan.bsky.social on the ceasefire extension and more: www.wnyc.org/story/will-t...

ICYMI, @jodikantor.bsky.social with advice for finding a career now from her new book, plus her recent @nytimes.com reporting on the Supreme Court: www.wnyc.org/story/advice...

ICYMI, Lisa Friedman (@nytimes.com) talks about changes at the EPA under Lee Zeldin's leadership: www.wnyc.org/story/earth-...

Mellon Foundation pres. Elizabeth Alexander talks about the latest cohort of the Mellon Foundation's (in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America) jazz legacies fellows, and saxophonist Gary Bartz reflects on his long career in jazz. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/jazz-l...

NYC Comptroller Mark Levine talks about his plan to invest $4 billion from NYC's pension funds into affordable housing developments in the city, plus weighs in on the budget and other city news. www.wnyc.org/story/4-bill...