Krugman on Tariffs; Federal Cuts & NYC Housing; History Quiz; Microplastics & Health; How to Budget for Travel

On today's show:

• Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, former New York Times columnist now on Substack, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of (now in paperback) Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), offers his take on Pres. Trump's trade policy.

• David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on how the prospect of federal cuts to housing programs may affect New York City, plus other related housing news, on rising insurance costs and security deposits.

• Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today's topic is American history.

• A new study found that the human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of microplastics. Carolyn Kormann, staff writer at The New Yorker where she writes energy, the environment, and climate change, breaks down her latest reporting for New York Magazine, which shows that the amount of microplastics in the human body has been increasing over the past few decades, and explains what that means for health and how to minimize exposure.

• Throughout this pledge drive, we're ending the show each day with travel tips. Today, Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for The Washington Post, offers advice for budgeting for travel to make it affordable and wallet-friendly.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.