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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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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 gives an in-depth look into 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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According to a new report, Latinos account for nearly three-quarters of immigration enforcement arrests in New York, while making up just a quarter of the state's non-citizen population. It comes from the New York Immigration Coalition, a nonprofit statewide advocacy group, and researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. The report highlight…
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Public safety nonprofits across New York City say they’re scrambling to fill major funding gaps after the Trump administration terminated millions of dollars in antiviolence grants this year – and may be facing an uptick in violence if the money isn’t replaced. Five organizations working in New York City to reduce gun violence, aid crime victims, h…
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Quince, with its fuzzy skin and fruity, floral smell, has fallen out of favor in the last decades. But the fruit is plentiful at New York City green markets this time of year and is a perfect way to incorporate some sweetness into the holiday season. Amelia Tarpey is the Program and Publicity Manager for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. She said quince can be…
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Nassau County Exec Bruce Blakeman joins the gubernatorial fray, setting the stage for a messy GOP primary. That and more in this week's Politics Brief roundup.
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A new study finds pollution has dropped in New York City and the surrounding areas since congestion pricing went into effect in Manhattan. The report found in the first six months of the program, air pollution dropped by 22% in the congestion zone below 60th Street. But it also found declines beyond that. Tim Fraser is an assistant teaching profess…
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It's a holiday tradition in New York City dating back to 1900. But it's not the Rockefeller tree, or ice skating or caroling. It's the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, where bird lovers, scientists and anyone who is curious can join in to help track bird populations in and around the area. Jessica Wilson is the executive director of NYC Bird Alliance,…
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Sweet potatoes may be a Thanksgiving staple, but they'll be plentiful at city green markets all throughout the winter. Amelia Tarpey, program and publicity manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets, said the hearty crops can cost between $2,50 to $4 per pound this time of year at city farmers markets. She said sweet potatoes sweet or savory, breakfast or din…
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A $48 million deficit at The New School has sparked a showdown between administrators planning layoffs and faculty who fear the budget problems are being used to dilute the Greenwich Village institution's leftist identity.
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A new program within the Albany Police Department that dispatches unarmed case workers to 911 calls – including for people having mental health issues – offers insight into how a similar effort could be launched at a much larger scale under New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
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Nonprofits that work with vulnerable New Yorkers say the level of need remains high this holiday season. J. Antonio Fernández leads Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. He joined WNYC's Moring Edition host Michael Hill to talk about Catholic Charities' work, how it and other organizations are bracing for cuts to food benefits, and wha…
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Food critic Robert Sietsema joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to talk about his list of the best places to eat in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. He writes about food for Gothamist and for his Substack, Robert Sietsema's New York.
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After a gubernatorial election that gained plenty of national attention, you might think New Jerseyans would be getting a short news break. But that's not the case. Outgoing governor, Phil Murphy, has a lengthy to-do list before he leaves office next month. 13 different candidates are vying to replace incoming governor Mikie Sherrill in Congress. A…
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Listen as a McDonald's employee in Pennsylvania tells a 911 operator she thinks she's spotted Luigi Mangione.
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MTA Chair Janno Lieber said next month’s retirement of the MetroCard will enable the agency to ramp up its crackdown on fare evaders. Lieber’s planned enforcement blitz would come right as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani takes office following a campaign that promised to eliminate the fare on the MTA’s buses. (Lieber has dismissed the idea as infeasible…
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This week's Politics Brief features an examination of the political dynamics between the mayor-elect and the presumptive City Council speaker.
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The newest challenge to New York’s rent-stabilization law is, on its face, a narrow dispute over a handful of long-vacant apartments. But the attorneys who filed the complaint say they’ve got a specific audience in mind: the U.S. Supreme Court. The nonprofit libertarian Institute for Justice says it crafted the lawsuit to offer the court the kind o…
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A fight over a historic Upper West Side church that has pitted A-list celebrities against a small Presbyterian congregation could finally be resolved next month.
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'Pieces of April,' starring Katie Holmes, takes place on a single Thanksgiving day on the Lower East Side, jumping between parallel stories of a New Jersey family piling into the car to visit their estranged daughter in the city, and the daughter frantically preparing to host them in her Suffolk Street walkup. It’s both deeply of its time, and shoc…
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A New York City mayor's second term is missing from the official record, and the implications span centuries.
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Greenmarkets are full of colorful varieties of kale, which are at their most flavorful this time of year when the cold weather forces the plant to produce more sugar. Amelia Tarpey is the Program and Publicity Manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. She said head to the Greenmarkets this weekend for the perfect veggie to cleanse from your Thanksgiving fea…
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A very special Thanksgiving edition of On The Way rounding up the latest transit news.
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The author of Fear City -- a book about NYCs 1970s financial crisis -- puts Mamdani's New York in historical context
Free buses, city-owned grocery stores, and free universal childcare. Those are just some of the policy proposals that attracted a majority of New Yorkers to vote mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani into office. Those same proposals also turned off many voters who worried about the impact they could have on the city's finances. The policies have been labeled…
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On Thanksgiving, we're usually celebrating the turkey on the table. This year, we're also celebrating New York City's most famous turkey on the streets. Astoria is the only wild turkey in Manhattan. She first popped up in Queens, which is why she's named after the neighborhood. David Barrett runs the popular social media account Manhattan Bird Aler…
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