U.S Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

NJ Sen. Andy Kim; CUNY Loses Research Funding; Divided Dial: Shortwave Radio

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 27, 2025
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On today's show: 

  • U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey.

  • CUNY recently lost federal funding for more than 70 research grants. Denis Nash, professor of epidemiology at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and executive director of CUNY’s Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, talks about the funding he recently lost on research related to COVID vaccine uptake, plus comments on the changes coming to how the COVID vaccine is rolled out for the next season.

  • As our centennial series continues, Katie Thornton, host of The Divided Dial, a series on WNYC's On the Media, independent journalist who covers the media industry and history, talks about her new 3-part series, airing on WNYC's On the Media, about the history of shortwave radio.

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