Edwin Raymond became the highest-ranking whistleblower in NYPD history, sharing with the world what he saw as the racism embedded into the city’s police system and joining a lawsuit in 2016. Now, he’s written a memoir about his time in the force, and his attempts to change the NYPD from the inside. Co-written with Jon Sternfeld, the memoir is titled, An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America. Raymond joins us to discuss.
A man who injects himself with his son’s plasma to slow his aging. Researchers stitching mice together to extend their lifespan. An entrepreneur building a microstate beyond the FDA’s reach. In The Immortals, a new podcast from the BBC, technology reporter Aleks Krotoski visits the frontiers of Silicon Valley’s movement to delay, and perhaps altogether fight, death. She joins us in the studio to talk about the show and what she’s learned. Also, we take your calls. Would you want to live forever?
Based on a true story… sort of, “The Persian Version” tells the story of an Iranian-American screenwriter, Leila, who discovers a family secret while rebelling against her mother’s expectations for her. Writer and director Maryam Keshavarz joins us to discuss the film, which is in theaters now.
Icelandic jazz singer Laufey has inspired a love of jazz in Gen Z, combining the confessional songwriting of popular artists like Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo with the vocal stylings of Etta James. She joins us to discuss her new album, Bewitched, ahead of her concert tonight at Town Hall.
