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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.
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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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.
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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The embattled Jersey City councilwoman who was caught on video in an apparent hit-and-run listened to nearly five hours of public comment calling on her to resign Wednesday night. Then, she spoke. WNYC's Nancy Solomon has the full story at Gothamist.com.โดย WNYC Radio
The Infrastructure Reduction Act President Joe Biden signed this week addresses much more than economics. It also sets aside $369 billion over 10 years for clean energy and climate resiliency. Ed Potosnak, the executive director of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, joined WNYC's Michael Hill on Morning Edition to discuss why that's of p…
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Maloney floods NYC district with taxpayer-funded mailers ahead of primary, raising ethical questions
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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney is relying on a practice one expert says is blurring ethical lines in her re-election bid. A "franked" letter refers to mail sent from a House member to a constituent paid for by taxpayers. According to her office, Maloney sent nearly 26,000 franked letters touting her various achievements across the 12th congressional…
The eviction protection measures New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed last year to stave off a wave of renters being displaced have prompted the dismissal of more than 10,000 cases in landlord-tenant court so far, state officials said. But housing advocates say even as the law kept thousands in their homes, the rules weren’t uniformly applied across …
In New Jersey, everyone is connected to everyone — so when a powerful politician whose father is a county executive and who holds influential positions of her own is accused of wrongdoing, can the system really be expected to hold her to account? WNYC's Nancy Solomon explores that question in the case of Amy DeGise, the Jersey City Councilwoman acc…
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Standing outside Sing Sing prison last Sunday, Stephanie Rivera looked on as her 8-year-old son bit into the side of a cucumber and grinned. It was a last stop before they got back in the car for the hour-long drive home to Long Island after a visit with her husband inside. Since last year, the farm stand has been open every third weekend outside t…
Early voting kicked off this weekend for congressional and state Senate primaries. And The New York Times has made endorsements for several key races. WNYC's senior political correspondent, Brigid Bergin joined "Morning Edition" edition host Michael Hill to discuss the latest Monday morning as we barrel towards that August 23rd primary.…
Early voting starts Saturday, August 13th for New York's special August 23rd primary, where Democrats and Republicans will pick their nominees for Congress and for state Senate. The congressional races are capturing most of the headlines in New York City, but there are plenty of competitive state Senate races too - especially among Democrats. WNYC'…
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Weekend Arts Planner: Intimate theatre at Lincoln Center plus the expansive "Cuban-Khaleeji Project"
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WNYC's Culture and Arts Editor Steve Smith is back with his latest recommendations. Speaking with Weekend Edition host David Furst, he brings us some intimate theater and a project that explores the Arab, Moorish, and North African roots of Afro Latin and Afro Cuban music. Steve's picks: 1. An evening out at the theater is almost always a welcome o…
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NY's 10th congressional district debate co-hosted by WNYC and NY1
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As early voting draws near for the August 23rd primary, six leading congressional candidates sought to make closing arguments on how they could be the best advocate for one of New York City’s most liberal districts. The two-hour event, co-hosted by WNYC and Spectrum News/NY1, was the first televised debate in the race for the 10th Congressional Dis…
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Transgender people are systematically mistreated in New York City jails. That’s the finding of a new report, issued today by a task force of attorneys and advocates convened by the city’s jail oversight board. For the rest of this story, which was produced in partnership with the news site The City, visit Gothamist.com.…
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The plague of spotted lanternflies has descended upon us — but it may not be as bad as we thought
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Spotted lanternflies are living their best lives, scaling skyscrapers, riding the subway, and lounging at the beach in seemingly more plentiful numbers than in the last two summers combined. After all the hype, perhaps now is the right moment to pause, take stock of these spotted little creatures, and appreciate the fact that, according to some exp…
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NYC officials promised its summer youth employment program would make the city safer. Does it work?
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On February 15th, just weeks after a bullet grazed an 11-month-old girl in the Bronx, a 19-year-old was fatally shot during her shift at Burger King, and two police officers were killed in Harlem, city leaders gathered for an announcement about summer youth employment. This year, Mayor Eric Adams announced, a record-breaking 100,000 young New Yorke…
The MTA’s congestion pricing plan to toll vehicles that enter Manhattan below 60th Street could reduce traffic by as much as 20 percent. But the proposal could increase traffic in other places. Tolling plans in Manhattan would cause surges in traffic in Connecticut, Staten Island and the Bronx, according to the MTA. The Cross Bronx Expressway could…
A 25-year-old pre-trial detainee at Rikers Island who died by suicide last August suffered from bipolar disorder, depression, and multiple sclerosis — but he was neither prescribed medication nor monitored as a suicide risk, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. On the first anniversary of his death, Brandon Rodriguez’s mother sued the city and j…
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3 NJ Amazon workers have died in the last month. Federal safety officials are investigating why.
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Less than two weeks after an Amazon warehouse employee died in Carteret, New Jersey, a worker in another facility fell off a three-foot ladder and struck his head — then died a few days later. The following week, a third worker at a different location died. All three fatalities are under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administr…
Assembly Member Eddie Gibbs is New York’s first formerly incarcerated state legislator. He visited Rikers this week to check how people there are faring in the heat.โดย WNYC Radio
Public health experts are pointing to the past epidemics as examples to help explain why monkeypox isn't a sexually transmitted infection — at least not by the classic definition. Ebola had plagued Africa for decades while being overlooked by most of the world with regard to resources and research. In 2013, the long-known virus flared up, creating …
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Crews working to fix burst 140-year-old water line as 100,000 NJ residents asked to boil water
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Newark city workers were going door-to-door with water Tuesday morning after more than 100,000 people were affected by a 72-inch water main break that compromised service in the city as well as nearby Bloomfield and Belleville. Officials said most of the affected area was experiencing low water pressure but most residents still had water. They esti…
Diane Romano was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 52. In the nine years since, her husband, John, has taken care of her at their home on Long Island. But he and other dementia caregivers have faced an added challenge the last couple weeks: extreme heat. “It's difficult caring for someone who has Alzheimer's if you put th…
A new study involving research from Rutgers University has found pregnant women in the U-S exposed to chemical compounds called phthalates are at increased risk of preterm birth. That's when a baby is born too early—a condition that's become more common since 2014. It now affects about one in 10 births, according to the most recent data from the Ce…
After years of delay due to the global pandemic, a change in ownership and construction issues, the World Artisan Market is now open for business in Astoria, Queens. WNYC contributor Scott Lynch has been checking out the food at the market. Speaking with Weekend Edition host David Furst, he says five of the seven spaces are up and running. The rest…
NASA wants to send humans back to the moon. But first, it needs a little practice. Later this month, the launch window will open for the Artemis I mission — the first step in a larger, $93 billion program of the same name. It hopes to land people on the lunar surface by 2025. This first mission won’t have a crew. But it will have a giant rocket cal…
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Weekend Arts Planner: A musical "As You Like It" in Central Park and Bill Frisell at the Village Vanguard
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We're back with another Weekend Arts Planner. And this week, we'll be heading outside for some Shakespeare and inside for some jazz. WNYC's Culture and Arts Editor, Steve Smith joins Weekend Edition host David Furst with his latest picks. 1. Shakespeare in the Park is mounting its second production of the season, a musical adaptation of the delicio…
WNYC senior political correspondent Brigid Bergin joins us to talk about this week's primary debate in New York's 12th Congressional District in Manhattan, and looks ahead to the debate in the wide-open race in the 10th District coming up on Wednesday, August 10. Speaking with Weekend Edition host David Furst, she also brings us the latest news on …
