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The Brian Lehrer Show
Rikers Crisis; National Politics; Boosters Data; Pronouns
4 segments

On today's show:
- Corey Stoughton, attorney-in-charge of the Legal Aid Society criminal defense practice's special litigation unit, talks about the ongoing crisis at Rikers Island and the passage of the Less is More Act, which will end the practice of sending people to jail as they await hearings over alleged technical parole violations.
- Emily Cochrane, reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times covering Congress, talks about the debate in Congress over the budget and the Biden agenda.
- Eric Topol, physician, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, professor of molecular medicine and executive VP at Scripps Research, talks about the FDA's decision on COVID-19 booster shots, and what the data from abroad tells us about whether they are necessary or not.
- A law professor wrote recently that they plan to use the singular "they" for all of their students as a default, until they know the students' preferred pronouns. Listeners call in to share their thoughts on not assuming to know someone's gender identity until they have said what it is, and on the default use of the singular "they."
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.