Monday Morning Politics; MTA Update; A Push for Reparations in New Jersey; Overcoming Childhood Trauma

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 25, 2023

On today's show: 

  • Susan Glasser, staff writer at the New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), talks about the latest national political news, including the political fallout from the indictment of Sen. Menendez, the spending impasse in the House and the Zelensky visit to DC.

  • Stephen Nessen, WNYC and Gothamist transportation reporter, talks about the latest MTA news, including that subway ridership reached a seasonal high last week, the MTA's pilot for free rides on five bus lines, changes to OMNY and more.

  • Ryan Haygood, president & CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, talks about the work of the New Jersey Reparations Council as it convenes its first public session on Tuesday.

  • Jenisha Watts, senior editor at The Atlantic, talks about how she overcame and left behind a traumatic childhood to become a successful journalist who is able to navigate a world very different than what she had known.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available. 

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