Rapper, songwriter and producer Kendrick Lamar recently released his latest studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers . Complex anchor and producer Alana Yzola joins us to analyze the albu...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-down-themes-pulitzer-prize-winner-kendrick-lamars-latest-album/
Across the United States, conservative politicians are leading a backlash against L.G.B.T.Q. identity, framing legal restrictions as protection of children. Several states have introduced laws to...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/attack-gender-affirming-medical-care-seg/
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA DID TO THE WORLD (First) | WHAT I WANT MY KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN RACISM (Starts at 23:15) | THE I...
Showtime's hit docuseries, "Couples Therapy," returns for its 3rd season this month. We speak to therapist and the show's relationship counselor ORNA GURALNIK about this season's couples and ta...
Major medical organizations approve the treatments for transgender youth known as gender-affirming care, but a growing political movement seeks to ban such care in many states—applying criminal...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/attack-gender-affirming-medical-care-ep/
Coming up on today's show: KATELYN JETELINA, author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist and director of Population Health Analytics at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, shares an up...
The Rain City Superhero Movement was a vigilante organization led by Ben Fodor, an MMA fighter-turned-crime fighter who sought to thwart wrongdoers in Seattle while wearing a yellow and black b...
Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslein , authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so mu...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/taking-care-you-2022-big-feelings-and-comparison/
As another class of Gen-Z graduates, they are taking one more step into adulthood. But still, our nation is divided by racial violence, economic inequality and disappearing reproductive rights. F...
KATELYN JETELINA, author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist and director of Population Health Analytics at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, shares an update on BA.2, the threat of...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/covid-update-omicron-subvariants-and-new-wave/
Showtime's hit docuseries 'Couples Therapy ' returns for its 3rd season this month. We'll speak to therapist Orna Guralnik about this season's couples and will take listener calls.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/showtimes-hit-docuseries-couples-therapy-returns-season-3/
It's spring migration season! Which means, there are tons of great birds to see in our area. All Of It senior producer and avid birder Kate Hinds joins us to give a preview of the most exciting ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/its-spring-migration-season-lets-bird/
We check in on our year-long project #BLTrees, following the seasons through the trees around us with Marielle Anzelone , urban botanist and ecologist and the founder of NYC Wildflower Week. This...
Director RON HOWARD'S new documentary, "We Feed People," follows the career and humanitarian efforts of chef JOSÉ ANDRÉS and his non-profit, World Central Kitchen. Howard and Andrés disc...
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now , looks at the rising influence of Asian culture in America through the lens of pop culture, from the Hart-Cellar Immigration Act of ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/jeff-yang-history-asian-americans-pop-culture/
Amber O'Neal Johnston , creator of the blog Heritage Mom , sought out to create a culturally rich and inclusive environment to ensure that her children's education honored their background, indi...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/place-belong-celebrating-diversity-and-kinship-home-and-beyond/
Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien, authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay . We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so muc...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/taking-care-you-2022-big-feelings-and-despair/
REVEREND JACQUI LEWIS is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church. She is the author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World and...
The month of May in the United States is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. DR. JENNY T. WANG, a Taiwanese-American clinical psychologis...
Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslein , authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay . We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so muc...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/taking-care-you-2022-big-feelings-and-regret/
The latest novel from author and Books Are Magic owner Emma Straub tells the story of a woman who, on the eve of her 40th birthday, is transported back in time to her 16th birthday. This time tr...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/emma-straubs-new-novel-time-tomorrow/
A new documentary tells the story of seven women who formed an underground network for women seeking a safe abortion in pre-Roe Chicago. Directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes join us to discuss ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/1970s-underground-abortion-network-janes/
The month of May in the United States is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Dr. Jenny T. Wang , a Taiwanese-American clinical psychologi...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/asian-americans-and-mental-health-awareness/
Many Evangelical Christian churches and The Catholic Church have lobbied for decades to outlaw the right to an abortion, but not all people of faith agree. Reverend Dr. Jacqueline Lewis senior m...
An intergenerational meditation on Ntozake Shange’s iconic Broadway play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. First, host Kai Wright and producer Regina de H...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/somebody-sing-black-girls-song/
Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien , authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay . We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so muc...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/taking-care-you-2022-managing-perfectionism/
New Wave band DEVO will be performing their hits at Pier 17 on May 18. Founding members MARK MOTHERSBAUGH and GERALD CASALE join us with a preview. ANDREA BERNSTEIN and ILYA MARRITZ join...
It may have begun with promise, but Jonathan Haidt , social psychologist for New York University's Stern School of Business, argues that social media has ripped apart the fabric of society over ...
In 1970, 21-year-old millionaire Michael Brody Jr. announced that he would give away his 25-million-dollar fortune to anyone in need. A new documentary, "Dear Mr. Brody," traces Brody's story a...
Andy Baraghani began cooking at the legendary Chez Panisse while still in high school. But he’s perhaps best known for his cooking videos on Bon Appetit’s YouTube channel, bringing his person...
Helena Bottemiller Evich , senior food and agriculture reporter at Politico, joins to discuss what's behind the nationwide shortage of baby formula and how parents can seek help.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/parents-grapple-baby-formula-shortage/
According to the book, The Good-Enough Life, we live in a society obsessed with greatness, and learning to accept our limitations might be the key to a happy life. We speak to the book's author A...
At 19 years old, Aséna Tahir Izgil feels wise beyond her years. She is Uyghur, an ethnic minority persecuted in China, and few of her people have escaped to bear witness. After narrowly securing...
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2022/05/uyghur-teen-escape-from-genocide-china/629837/
According to the book, The Good-Enough Life , we live in a society obsessed with greatness, and learning to accept our limitations might be the key to a happy life. We speak to the book's author ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-be-satisfied-good-enough-life/
Navigating the nebulous world of chronic illness can be frustrating for patients, especially when their illness is not outwardly visible. Roughly six out of ten Americans suffer from at least one...
With all the big national and international news, hyperlocal stories are sometimes lost in the shuffle. So, listeners call in to share the big, local news from their neighborhoods in New Jersey, ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/news-your-neighborhood-non-nyc-edition/
With baby formula shortages and rising grocery costs, we explore the economic situation in the US and around the world. ON TODAY'S SHOW: GREG IP, chief economics commentator at The Wall Street ...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/pizza-eggs-and-baby-formula-meet-midterm-elections/
If you're like me, you might have a hard time getting to the end of articles that predict climate catastrophe. You might put a lot of faith in technology to save us, and you certainly don't want ...
In the wake of last week’s leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy, the country has been thinking about, and planning for life in Americ...
Kristyn Brandi , obstetrician-gynecologist and board chair with Physicians for Reproductive Health, discusses the negative impact that overturning Roe v. Wade may have on miscarriage care.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-overturning-roe-v-wade-may-impact-miscarriage-care/
A new book tells the story of the Women's House of Detention, a prison that operated in Greenwich Village from 1929 until 1971, before being demolished in 1974. The facility, which today is the J...
On Sunday, Trombone Shorty closed out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's main stage, as he and his band have been doing since 2013. Fresh off winning his first Grammy for his contribut...
As we approach 1 million Covid-19 deaths in the U.S., The Takeaway considers how Covid has changed the way our world sounds. In cities like New York, the early days of the pandemic were marked by...
His leaked opinion tells us more about a powerful minority’s view of the U.S. than it does about the Constitution or the history of abortion. Kai Wright talks to Susan Matthews , news director...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/justice-alito-said-quiet-part-out-loud/
On the day after Mother's Day, listeners call in to share the best advice they ever got from their mom (or mother figure), and if they are a mom (or mother figure), share the advice they have giv...
When The Supreme Court opinion draft addressing Roe v. Wade leaked to the public, some social media users started posting about how users of period trackers and ovulation apps should consider del...
For the last few years, Rick Martinez , food writer and host of multiple food shows on YouTube, lived in Mexico, travelling around the country trying different dishes and experimenting with Mexi...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/rick-martinezs-favorite-recipes-mexico/
According to a 2020 study by The Williams Insitute, an LGBT think tank at UCLA Law School , 19% of transgender adults are parents. Many are parents to biological children. But for transgender peo...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/what-motherhood-means-transgender-advocate/
We air highlights from our Get Lit with All Of It April book club event with Pulitzer Prize winning author JENNIFER EGAN, which took place in the Greene Space on May 2! Egan joined us to discus...
Coming up on today's show: NANCY NORTHUP, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is the lead litigator in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case , discusses...