January 6 Recap, NY Asian Film Festival, Billion Oyster Project, Supreme Team, Pickling Weekend

 The House Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection held its final scheduled hearing last night in prime time, focusing on a minute-by-minute analysis of President Trump's actions during the Capitol riot. Karen Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, discusses what we learned last night, and what future steps the committee, and the Department of Justice, could take.

The New York Asian Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and runs through July 31. Executive director Samuel Jamier joins us to discuss the lineup.

According to the Billion Oyster Project, New York Harbor once had over 220,000 acres of oyster reefs in its waters. And not only can they also filter up to 50 gallons of water per day, but they taste pretty good too. As part of our ongoing summer series dedicated to learning more about outdoor recreational opportunities in New York City, Billion Oyster Project founder Pete Malinowski and Ann Fraioli, director of education, join to teach us about the history of oysters in New York City, why they're critically important to maintaining a healthy local ecosystem, and how listeners can get involved and volunteer in and around the Harbor.

In the late '80s and early '90s, the most powerful drug lords in Queens were also the most influential in the emerging hip hop music scene. A new 3 part docuseries, which premiered at Tribeca, "Supreme Team," begins airing on Showtime this month. We speak to producer/director Peter Scalettar, who worked on this project with hip hop legend, Nas.

It's Pickling Weekend at the New York Botanical Garden. Toby Adams, director of the NYBG's Edible Academy, joins us to talk about what brinetastic events are happening, why -- and how -- to get started pickling, and what the Edible Academy does.