Manhattan US Attorney Resigns Over DOJ's Request; Rep. Dan Goldman; Ask Governor Murphy: February Recap; Oscar Docs: Sugarcane; St. Valentine's Day Traditions
On today's show:
- Samantha Max, reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about the news that the acting Manhattan US attorney quit rather than comply with the DOJ's request that her office drop the charges against Mayor Adams, and explains the prosecutor's reasoning.
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Dan Goldman, US representative (D, NY-10), formerly lead counsel for the impeachment investigation of Pres. Trump in 2019 and former assistant US attorney, responds to President Trump's executive orders, and to the moves by Elon Musk and DOGE to drastically cut the federal work force.
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Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
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This month we hear from the makers of the five films nominated for the Academy Award for best feature documentary. Today, Julian Brave NoiseCat, writer, filmmaker and student of Salish art and history and Emily Kassie, Canadian filmmaker and investigative journalist, discuss their film that documents the long history of abuse at Indian residential schools in Canada, which strikes close to home for NoiseCat himself.
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Listeners tell us about their unexpected or nontraditional Valentine's Day traditions, and Antonio Pagliarulo, writer and author of The Evil Eye: The History, Mystery & Magic of the Quiet Curse (Weiser Books, 2023), tells us about the saint for whom the holiday is named.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
