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NYS Budget Complete; Earth Day: Reducing Plastic; Law Prof. Noah Feldman on Being Jewish Today

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 22, 2024

On today's show:

Jon Campbell, WNYC/Gothamist Albany reporter, talks about the details of what's in the now finished New York State budget.
Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics, visiting professor at Bennington College and former EPA Region 2 administrator, talks about a new effort in Albany to keep companies accountable for the single use plastics they produce. Then, listeners call in to share an honest assessment of the single use plastics in their lives.
As Passover begins, Noah Feldman, Harvard law professor, founding director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, and the author of To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People (Macmillan, 2024), talks about his new book, inspired by his conversations with his children and even more relevant since 10/7, that tries to define what all Jews have in common.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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