Daily Schedule

On today's show: Nobel Prize-winning neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner talks about how he discovered prions, the infectious proteins in the brain that are responsible for scrapie and mad cow disease. Cartoonist Roz Chast describes her experience caring for her ailing parents. Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast, talks eating strategy at Smorgasburg, Brooklyn's outdoor summer food market. And we’ll find out why New York City has become a hub for the booming heroin trade.

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A recap and analysis of the goings on at the New York State Democratic convention on Long Island this week; Meet the new commissioner of the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs, Julie Menin; East Village Radio plans to shutter its storefront and its airwaves; a look at the new hot ticket in town...toddler story hour at the local public library, of course; for Memorial Day, remembering members of the military who lost their lives as the Iraq and Afghanistan war era comes to a close; And what do you think about the existence of a gift shop at the 9/11 Museum? 

FBI, DEA Now Required to Videotape Interrogations | Rolling Back The Clock on Capital Punishment | Why Native American Reservations Could be Next to Legalize Marijuana | In Colorado, High Art Gets a Little Higher | New Movie Releases of the Week | Don Johnson: From 'Miami Vice' to the Silver ...

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