Environmental Justice And Mosquitos; China, Russia And Democracy; Luis Miranda's 'Latino Spirit'; TikTok's Algorithm
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 7, 2024
- Roxanne Scott, independent journalist working on a series with the NY Amsterdam News about climate change in Southeast Queens, talks about how St. Albans, a majority-Black neighborhood where residents have long complained of neglected infrastructure and services, is dealing with a pest exacerbated by climate change: mosquitos.
- Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, historian and author of the forthcoming Autocracy Inc. (Penguin, 2024), talks about her Atlantic cover story, “Democracy Is Losing the Propaganda War," about the rise of autocracy around the world.
- Luis A. Miranda, Jr. , founder of the political consulting firm MirRam, founding president of the Hispanic Federation and the author of Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit that is Transforming America (Hachette Books, 2024) shares his story of his life and work in NYC politics (and as the father of Lin Manuel).
- TikTok once embraced the narrative of its algorithm as an all-powerful "secret sauce." Now, that narrative appears to be backfiring as Congress attempts to force a sale. John Herrman, tech columnist at New York Magazine, explains.
