City Hall News; The Role of Climate Activists in the 2024 Election; US Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone; Your January Detox

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 9, 2024

On today's show: 

  • Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event.
  • In our climate story of the week, Dana Fisher, director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity and a professor in the School of International Service at American University and the author of the forthcoming Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action (Columbia University Press, 2024), talks about the role of climate activists in the 2024 presidential race and in combatting climate change in general.
  • U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone, commander, U.S. Cyber Command and director, National Security Agency/chief, Central Security Service, talks about cyber threats from foreign adversaries facing the United States, how these threats play out in international conflicts, AI, election security and more.
  • As many people seek to make lifestyle changes in the month of January, listeners call-in with unhealthy habits and toxic relationships they're seeking to let go of in the new year.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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