Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined at left by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, talks to reporters about requiring American citizenship to vote in national elections,

Friday Morning Politics; Distortions of Area Median Income; The Cicadas Have Arrived; Joys and Surprises of Motherhood

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 10, 2024
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On today's show: 

  • Nicholas Wu, Politico congressional reporter, talks about the latest news coming out of Congress, including the bipartisan vote that kept Mike Johnson as speaker.

  • Samuel Stein and Oksana Mironova, housing policy analysts at the Community Service Society, talk about their report that highlights the problem of relying on "Area Median Income" in deciding what qualifies as "affordable housing."

  • For the first time since 1803 two broods of cicadas in the Midwest and Southeast are emerging at the same time. Benji Jones, senior environmental reporter at Vox, explains what's going on with the billions of insects buzzing around and the effect they'll have on the ecosystem.

  • Ahead of Mother's Day, Liana Finck, illustrator, regular contributor to The New Yorker, and author of several books, most recently, How to Baby: A No-Advice-Given Guide to Motherhood, with Drawings (The Dial Press, 2024), discusses her non-parenting “parenting guide” and listeners call in to share what surprised them the most about motherhood.

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