Jessica Valenti on Abortion Rights; NYPD's Robot Dogs; Slow Radical Change; The New Tipping Economy

4 segments
FILE - Spot, a robotic Honolulu police dog, stands outside police headquarters during a demonstration to reporters Friday May 14, 2021. New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing

Coming up on today's show:

  • Jessica Valenti, writer and feminist, author of the substack newsletter Abortion, Every Day, author of multiple books on women and politics and co-editor of Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World (Seal Press, 2020), talks about the latest on the rulings over mifepristone—in state legislatures and for individuals.
  • Samantha Max, reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about the NYPD's controversial plan to test the use of robot dogs and other hi-tech surveillance devices.
  • Greg Berman, the distinguished fellow of practice at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, co-editor of Vital City, City & State columnist, former executive director of the Center for Court Innovation, and the co-author of Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age (Oxford University Press, 2023), AND Aubrey Fox, executive director of the New York City Criminal Justice Agency and the co-author of Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age (Oxford University Press, 2023), make the case for incremental change, drawing on their many years of criminal justice reform advocacy.

  • Choire Sicha, editor at New York Magazine, discusses how tipping has changed since the pandemic and proposes the "new rules" of tipping.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.