Christopher Werth appears in the following:
Food Vendors Worry About Being Tracked
Friday, July 27, 2018
New York's food trucks will soon get letter grades. The Department of Health wants to install GPS trackers to make inspections easier. But that's unsettling to some vendors.
A "Realness" B-Side: Roxanne Shanté
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Roxanne Shanté was a teenager when she became the queen of Queensbridge MCs a generation before Mobb Deep was formed. She stops by WNYC to show off her crown.
Episode 3: Son, They Shook
Monday, July 23, 2018
Mobb Deep came up in rap’s golden age. No other group defined the era quite like the duo from Queens.
Episode 2: T'Chaka
Friday, July 20, 2018
As a kid with sickle cell, Prodigy was told he’d never make it to adulthood. The Black Power Movement - and a trailblazing pediatrician - helped change his fate.
Aftereffect Ep8: “They call him Cheese”
Friday, July 20, 2018
Arnaldo is finally leaving Carlton Palms, but will he ever live the life he wants?
Episode 1: This Sunny Day Right Here
Thursday, July 19, 2018
We trace the origin of legendary rap duo Mobb Deep to a subway car rolling into Queens after school one afternoon.
Aftereffect Ep7: “The man behind an empire”
Monday, July 16, 2018
It's no accident Carlton Palms has the power it does. This was actually a carefully orchestrated plan carried out by one man who has money and influence, and who knows how to use them.
Aftereffect Ep6: “When they don't behave”
Friday, July 13, 2018
Carlton Palms is known for abuse -- sometimes death -- and has been for long before Arnaldo arrived. Why is the state of Florida so reluctant to close it?
Episode 8: “They call him Cheese”
Friday, July 13, 2018
Arnaldo is finally leaving Carlton Palms, but will he ever live the life he wants?
Aftereffect Ep5: “I need to believe”
Monday, July 09, 2018
A year and a half after the shooting, there are signs of trouble at Arnaldo's new group home, Carlton Palms.
Episode 7: “The man behind an empire”
Monday, July 09, 2018
It's no accident Carlton Palms has the power it does. This was actually a carefully orchestrated plan carried out by one man who has money and influence, and who knows how to use them.
Aftereffect Ep4: “I Baker Act you. You Baker Acted me.”
Friday, July 06, 2018
When the disability system fails autistic adults like Arnaldo, there's one public service that always shows up, often in the worst way: the police.
Episode 6: “When they don’t behave”
Friday, July 06, 2018
Carlton Palms had a dark history long before Arnaldo arrived. So why is the state of Florida so reluctant to close it?
Episode 5: “I need to believe”
Monday, July 02, 2018
A year and a half after the shooting, there are signs of trouble at Arnaldo's new home, Carlton Palms.
Aftereffect Ep3: “He was definitely a handful”
Monday, July 02, 2018
From the beginning, Arnaldo's mother fought to find adequate care for him. How has a lifetime of bouncing between group homes shaped a man now struggling with violent outbursts?
Episode 4: “I Baker Act you. You Baker Acted me.”
Friday, June 29, 2018
When the disability system fails autistic adults like Arnaldo, there's one public service that always shows up, often in the worst way: the police.
Aftereffect Ep2: “Suck it up, buttercup”
Friday, June 29, 2018
After the shooting, Arnaldo is involuntarily committed to a psych ward, where he remains for the next 35 days. He's then transferred to a facility notorious for abuse and neglect.
Bonus: Introducing Aftereffect
Friday, June 29, 2018
Introducing WNYC Studios' latest podcast, Aftereffect: a SWAT team, an autistic man and an American tragedy. Listen to episode one.
Aftereffect Ep 1: “Let me get this on camera”
Thursday, June 28, 2018
On July 18, 2016, Arnaldo Rios Soto walked out of his Florida group home with a silver toy truck in hand. Two hours later, his life was changed forever.
Episode 3: “He was definitely a handful”
Monday, June 25, 2018
From the beginning, Arnaldo's mother fought to find adequate care for him. How has a lifetime of bouncing between group homes shaped a man now struggling with violent outbursts?
