
Washington Politics; Mario Cuomo's Legacy; The South Bronx's Fortunes; Millennials' Motherhood Dread
The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 7, 2023
On today's show:Â
- Joseph Zeballos-Roig, domestic policy and politics reporter at Semafor, talks about the latest national political news, including how changes to border policy are related to aid bills to Ukraine and Israel.
- As part of his new 3-part podcast, Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, looks back at the legacy of the late former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, and how his decisions have reverberated in politics in New York and the country.
- Jill Jonnes, author of South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City (3rd ed, Empire State Editions, 2022), adds a new chapter to her seminal 1986 account of the South Bronx's rebound from the devastation of the 1970s, now including its cultural scene and its pandemic experience.
- Rachel Cohen, senior reporter for Vox covering social policy, breaks down her recent reporting, and personal ambivalence, about millennial motherhood, as birthrates in the United States have been declining for the past 15 years.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.


