Coming up on today’s show:

• Joan Walsh, The Nation's national affairs correspondent, talks about the latest national political news, including President Biden's announcement he'll run again, former President Trump's civil rape trial that's starting in New York and the churn in cable media as both Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon are out at Fox and CNN, respectively.

• On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced that Stony Brook University will partner with Governors Island to create the New York Climate Exchange, a brand new center for global climate research development. Maurie McInnis, president of Stony Brook University, breaks down how the 400,000-square-foot cam­pus will be used and how they hope it will make New York City the center of climate innovation.

• Julia Lee, Korean American writer, scholar, and teacher and the author of Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), shares her story of racial identity, ally-ship and finding her way while growing up in L.A. as a daughter of Korean American storekeepers at the time of the 1992 riots.

• Listeners call in to share some high-stakes fiascos that have happened in their personal lives - from the disaster wedding to a comically bad school play, and Steve Cosson, director, writer and artistic director of The Civilians theater company (currently the artist-in-residence at The Greene Space), explains how The Civilians will turn the stories into art.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.