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NYPD changes how it reports hate crimes after a 152% spike. We talked with experts on what it means.

The NYPD is changing its method for tabulating the number of hate crimes occurring in the city. The announcement comes one month after the police department reported a 152-percent spi...
Getting in step with the budget dance in New York and New Jersey

For governors who made affordability a central part of their identity, the dance steps may be especially tricky this year.
Local college basketball teams gearing up for March Madness

Sports reporter Priya Desai joins us for a preview of the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments.
Hegseth’s Pentagon Axed a Program Meant to Save Civilian Lives

On the Media

Then the bombing started in Iran
Social Media Goes to Court

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Jonathan Haidt, the author of “The Anxious Generation,” discusses the movement to limit social-media use among young people, including a major liability case in the California courts.

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Let’s talk democracy at the laundromat!

Soap gets laundry done. Conversation gets democracy going. This election year, WNYC is turning some laundromats in the New York metro area into hubs of civic dialogue.

Ask Governor Murphy

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy takes questions from WNYC’s Nancy Solomon, other guest journalists and listeners for an hour every month during this live show, a co-production with WBGO and WHYY. Ask Governor Murphy airs the second Wednesday of most months at 7 p.m., dependent on schedule availability.

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One of the Country's Earliest African-American Radio Programs on WNYC 1929-1930

The NAACP scores a regular Wednesday slot for talks on a broad spectrum of issues.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Lilian Supove Blake

When most women in Radio were doing home-ec shows, she was WNYC's News and Special Events Director.
Take A Dive into the WNYC Archives

As part of WNYC's centennial celebration, each week we'll share key moments from the from the vast WNYC and NYC Municipal archives.

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson Plays Truman Capote in a Manhattan Townhouse

All Of It with Alison Stewart

In the new revival of the 1989 play "Tru," Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars as famed writer Truman Capote grappling with a social scandal that has left him cut out from his circle of elite ...
Chloé Zhao on 'Hamnet' and Shakespeare

All Of It with Alison Stewart

[REBROADCAST FROM December 5, 2025] Director and writer Chloé Zhao discusses her film "Hamnet," an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Maggie O'Farrell. The film tells the story of...
The Many Ways of Being Muslim

The Brian Lehrer Show

During Ramadan, Sohaira Siddiqui, host of the podcast "More Muslim", talks about the diversity of the Muslim community in New York and around the world.
Get Lit: Angela Flournoy's 'The Wilderness'

All Of It with Alison Stewart

Angela Flournoy's novel The Wilderness follows a group of four friends as they navigate young adulthood in New York and Los Angeles. We air highlights from our Get Lit event with Flou...
Ryan Coogler on “Sinners,” His Epic Film about Race, Music, and the Undead

The New Yorker Radio Hour

The director talks with staff writer Jelani Cobb about his movie, which has been nominated for a record-setting sixteen Academy Awards.