Juul, Bowery Boys, Putin, Lower Dens, Asian Comedians, Ayodele Casel and Arturo O’Farrill

Anna Edney, a health policy reporter for Bloomberg News, joins us to discuss the ongoing health concerns associated with vaping products, as well as the recent lawsuits filed against the e-cigarette company, Juul, and Philip Morris.

Greg Young and Tom Meyers, co-hosts of the Bowery Boys Podcast, join to talk about their podcast and their most recent episode on the history of Brooklyn Heights.

Nina Khruscheva, director of the Russia Project at World Policy Institute, and author of In Putin's Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's 11 Time Zones, joins to discuss what Vladimir Putin's 20 years in power have meant for Russia and the world, as part of our series “Flashback Friday: Party Like It’s 1999.” 

Features director of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Thessaly La Force, discusses her recent piece, “The Comedians Challenging Stereotypes About Asian-American Masculinity.” Comedian Joel Kim Booster, who is profiled in La Force's piece, also joins.

[REBROADCAST] Bronx-born choreographer, teacher, and tap artist, Ayodele Casel, and Arturo O’Farrill, a pianist, composer, and educator, discuss “City Center On the Move.”

The band Lower Dens performs. Their album, The Competition, is out today.