A Reporter's Housing Crisis, Aparna Nancherla on Netflix, Deporting a U.S. Citizen, Globalized Workers' Rights | Midday on WNYC

4 segments

The American Dream and the Hazards of Owning a Home 32 min

Aparna Nancherla on Her New Netflix Comedy 16 min

The U.S. Citizens ICE Wants to Deport 27 min

Globalizing the Fight for a Living Wage 20 min

A woman attends a rally calling on greater social equality, organized by non-unionized fast food workers demanding for a wage raise from $7.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour.

Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan Dezember discusses his recent essay, “My 10-Year Odyssey Through America’s Housing Crisis.” Comedian, actor and Twitter-sensation Aparna Nancherla talks about her new special on Netflix’s The Standups. Gregory Copeland, Staff Attorney in the Immigration Law Unit at The Legal Aid Society, and his client James Busse, a U.S. citizen who was detained and set for deportation, discuss ICE's deportation practices. Annelise Orleck, professor of history at Dartmouth, discusses her new book "We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages."

This episode is guest hosted by Hari Kondabolu.

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