'The Mothers' Deftly Explores Female Friendship and Womanhood

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 22, 2016

Author Brit Bennett, whose non-fiction work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Paris Review, discuss her debut novel, The Mothers, which tells the story of Nadia, a young, black teenager from a conservative Christian family living in Southern California. As she prepares to graduate high school and leave home for college, Nadia realizes she’s pregnant as the result of her brief affair with the son of a local pastor.

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Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York. Plus, the Astronaut Reid Wiseman

The candidate on the role of social media in politics, and speaking out against his cousin R.F.K., Jr. Plus, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission on the dark side of the moon.

The New Yorker Radio Hour |

NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we'll look into it

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill took call after call Wednesday night from people who told her state police had been overly aggressive in violent clashes with protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center this weekend.

Ask Governor Sherrill |

I.C.E.'s "Wartime Recruitment" Campaign

Hiring at the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency.

On the Media |

Ask the Mayor Recap and More News From City Hall

Elizabeth Kim discusses the issues Mayor Mamdani talked about in his first "ask the mayor" segment.

The Brian Lehrer Show |