A 'Black Friday' sign is posted at a retail location in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. Bargain hunting is back with full force heading into the holidays.

Your Uncommon Economic Indicators; California's Reparations Task Force; Legal Cannabis Latest; Christmas Mountain Installation in the Greene Space

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 2, 2022

Coming up on today's show:

  • Emily Stewart, senior business and economics correspondent for Vox, author of the newsletter, "The Big Squeeze," explains the latest economic headlines, including the new federal jobs report, inflation, a cryptocurrency scandal and the likely aversion of a rail workers strike.

  • Kurtis Lee, economics correspondent for The New York Times, discusses his reporting on California's first-of-its-kind task force which is looking at how the state can best make up for its history of racism and discrimination.

  • Chris Alexander, executive director of New York's Office of Cannabis Management, talks about the first licenses to sell legal cannabis in New York and what happens next.

  • An interactive and family-friendly holiday exhibit has gone up in WNYC’s Greene Space in collaboration with the live art collective, Piehole. Piehole members Allison LaPlatney and Alexandra Panzer talk about the installation, the history of holiday traditions that helped inspire it, and how New York was instrumental in creating Christmas as we celebrate it today.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as soon as they are available.

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