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From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.
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A show that samples WNYC’s best podcasts, curated to fit all your travel needs.
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Ideas and voices from across New York City, brought to you by WNYC.org
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The latest articles from WNYC 9/11 Specials
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Last Chance Foods covers produce that’s about to go out of season, gives you a heads up on what’s still available at the farmers market and tells you how to keep it fresh through the winter.
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Real stories by New York City teenagers take listeners inside their lives and their communities in this Peabody Award-winning youth journalism initiative. For teens, by teens and about the challenges of teen life, Radio Rookies gives students the tools and the training to share their own stories through the medium of audio. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy a ...
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And the Winner Is… Tony Nominees in Their Own Words (Midday on WNYC)
We spoke with the stars, writers and directors of Tony nominated Broadway productions! Check out our favorite conversations as the June 10th awards ceremony approaches!
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Underreported from WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show
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Underreported from WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show
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Major news events throughout the world continue to be largely ignored until they reach tragic proportions. Underreported, a weekly feature on The Leonard Lopate Show, tackles these issues and give an in-depth look into the stories that are often relegated to the back pages.
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New Sounds is unlike any radio show you've ever heard: a whirlwind tour of new and unusual music from all corners of the globe. New Sounds combs recent recordings for one of the most informative and compelling hours on radio, and aims to make the world smaller. For over 25 years, host John Schaefer has been finding the melody in the rainforest and the rhythm in an orchestra of tin cans. Defying rigid categorization and genre pigeonholing, New Sounds offers new ways to hear the ancient langua ...
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2 years after Hurricane Ida deaths, are NYC's basement apartments any safer?
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After at least 11 people drowned in New York City basement apartments when the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the region, city officials promised better protection for people living in these illegal units. Advocates say the unlawful conversions are often the only affordable option for many New Yorkers, but they can become death traps durin…
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U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of NJ indicted a 2nd time on corruption charges
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Federal prosecutors have indicted Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife on corruption charges, alleging he took bribes to enrich New Jersey businessmen while offering benefits to the Egyptian government. The indictment alleges real estate developer Fred Daibes; Wael Hana, who owns a halal meat certification business in New Jersey; and bus…
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Hundreds of world leaders gathered in New York City for Climate Week to help brainstorm ways to slow down the climate crisis. But the loudest voices in the climate movement aren't typically leaders in business and government; they're young people. Laura Beckman is a volunteer organizer with the New York City chapter of Sunrise Movement, Ryan Chen i…
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'Paying to be world’s refugee camp': Staten Island councilmember on how to confront migrant crisis
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There was a New York elected official making news in Washington, D. C. on Wednesday, and it wasn't one of the usual suspects. Staten Island-based City Council member and Republican Minority Leader Joe Borelli was in D. C. testifying to the House's Homeland Security Committee about New York's migrant crisis. He spoke to WNYC’s Janae Pierre about his…
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Interview with NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing on city's new housing plan
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New York City Deputy Mayor for Housing Maria Torres-Springer spoke with WNYC's Janae Pierre about the city's new housing plan.Av WNYC Radio
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Rutgers president faces threat of a no-confidence vote
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Members of the Rutgers University Senate are considering a vote of no confidence against school President Jonathan Holloway. A draft of the Senate’s resolution obtained by Gothamist accuses Holloway of “disdain for the diverse community of students, staff and faculty across all Rutgers campuses.” It says he’s dismissed a tradition of shared governa…
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Female Vassar professors sue college for gender pay gap
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Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York is being sued by a group of female professors for what they say is gender-based salary discrimination. Five former or currently tenured Vassar professors filed the suit, which says female faculty members receive lower average salaries than men performing the same work. And Vassar isn’t alone. The American As…
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NYPD officers are making 84% more drug arrests per month since Mayor Adams took office
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The NYPD is making nearly twice as many narcotics arrests per month since Mayor Eric Adams took office — a strategy police officials say is key to reducing community violence, but that has alarmed public defenders and advocates. According to a Gothamist analysis of police data, police made 740 drug arrests citywide in January 2022 when Adams was in…
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Why after a month, nurses are still on strike at NJ's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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More than 17-hundred nurses are on strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It's been more than a month, and the two sides only recently held their first face-to-face bargaining session since the strike began. RWJ leadership says the negotiating schedule has been dictated by the federal mediator. Hospital offi…
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Preparing the next generation of journalists
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As the new school year gets underway, one New York City-based youth journalism program is teaching high school students how to tell stories that directly affect them. The Bell audio journalism project puts the mics into the hands of public school students. Sabrina DuQuesnay is the program manager at The Bell, and Tovi Tankoano is a junior at the Ma…
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15 fun things to do in NYC this fall that won’t break the bank
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Fall is when New Yorkers finally reunite after dispersing for the summer and get serious about what the city is known for: culture, fun, community and a surfeit of pumpkin-flavored things. After having some time and space to process the pandemic against the backdrop of the ongoing writers' strike and the increasing presence of AI, New Yorkers are h…
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'I identified with the underdog and hip-hop was a way of acting out': Breakdancer turned comic Peaches Rodriguez looks back
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It was a blockbuster summer for hip-hop as the culture marked 50 years since bursting onto the scene in the Bronx. WNYC and Gothamist have been celebrating this milestone by spotlighting women who've made their own distinct mark on the culture. Peaches Rodriguez is a breakdancer from the '80s who went on to become a stand-up comic. The transcript o…
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Regulators never alerted after 23-year-old ODs at Brooklyn Mirage
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Hours before Genesis Reynoso’s death, she sent a note to an acquaintance — a man operating a food truck outside the Brooklyn Mirage, a music venue in industrial East Williamsburg. She offered to pay him for “E” and “molly,” different forms of the drug known as MDMA. By the end of the night, Reynoso would be transported from the Mirage by ambulance …
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The most exciting restaurant openings in New York City
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Eater NY recently published its list of the "Most Exciting Restaurant Openings in New York City This Fall." Reporter Emma Orlow joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to talk about some of the standouts.Av WNYC Radio
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With the first day of fall coming up next weekend and New Yorkers settling back into a new school year, we turn our attention to what's on the horizon in arts and culture. Hispanic Heritage Month just got underway, and the fall season is packed with opportunities to take in film, music, festivals and more. WNYC contributor Lee Walker Helland has a …
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This Week in Politics: Mayor Adams cranks up the rhetoric on the migrant crisis
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Another week, another testy exchange with Mayor Eric Adams over New York City's migrant crisis. And as more than 110,000 migrants have arrived in the city, the mayor's rhetoric is ratcheting up. Adams says the migrant influx will destroy New York City. To demonstrate his point, he ordered a whopping 15 percent budget cut. And on Thursday, he abrupt…
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With COVID rates up in the city and a new school year just underway, a map of COVID cases in schools from the New York City Department of Education has gone dark. Amy Zimmer, New York bureau chief at ChalkBeat New York, recently reported on the disappearance of the map. She joins WNYC host Michael Hill to discuss how schools are approaching the vir…
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A Columbia University gynecologist abused scores of women. Who takes responsibility?
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This story includes detailed descriptions of sexual abuse. A Columbia University gynecologist is serving a 20 year sentence for sexually abusing his patients. More than 240 people have alleged that Dr. Robert Hadden abused them under the guide of clinical care, but the university where he worked for 25 years has faced few consequences. Reporters Bi…
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How New York could help migrants find jobs
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New York City continues to grapple with how to accommodate more than 100-thousand migrants who have arrived since last year. Mayor Adams has been calling for expedited work permits from the White House, but that's a complicated process. Now Governor Kathy Hochul and others are weighing the possibility of issuing New York-based work permits. Grace R…
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How a NY judge ruling a new ethics panel unconstitutional could 'blow up enforcement'
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A court battle is underway to determine if a New York state ethics panel is in fact ethical. A judge in Albany recently ruled that the state's newly formed ethics board is actually unconstitutional. It's also not the first time a governor created an ethics oversight panel in the wake of a scandal. Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Pu…
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After street vendors crackdown, Corona Plaza market is a changed place
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New York City sanitation police shut down the bustling street vendor market in Corona Plaza in late July, citing ongoing complaints about blocked sidewalks, “dirty conditions,” and “illegal vending” too close to storefronts.Any vendors without one of the city’s limited and highly coveted permits and licenses were told to leave. Just a handful of st…
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NYC's child care affordability crisis
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As the cost of childcare continues to soar in New York City, it has become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, for many families to afford the coverage they need. But even as prices for childcare increase, many of the workers who provide that care are barely scraping by on minimal wages. Eliza Shapiro, metro reporter for the New York Times, …
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Disruptions coming to private bus service in New Jersey
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A third of people in the Garden State live without a car, and in some pockets of Jersey -- that number is much higher -- especially in Newark's South Ward. Many residents there rely on private buses to help get around without a car. But, a major disruption to those services is just a few weeks down the road. Larry Higgs, transportation reporter for…
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NY gave these weed entrepreneurs a leg up. Now, they could face financial ruin.
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A multi-story, green-and-white sign reading “Con Bud” is being erected over the facade of 85 Delancey St. on the Lower East Side, where Coss Marte plans to open his marijuana dispensary. Marte put down a $420,000 deposit on a 10-year lease in the building and is on the hook for $38,000 a month in rent starting Oct. 1. He’s in the process of moving …
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