Rep. Dan Goldman On Trump's Cabinet Picks; Reporters Ask The Mayor (And Mayoral Hopefuls); 100 Years Of American 'Meritocracy'

Coming up on today's show:

• Dan Goldman, US Representative (D, NY-10), formerly lead counsel for the impeachment investigation of Pres. Trump in 2019 and former assistant US attorney SDNY, responds to the president-elect's nominations for cabinet posts and the FBI and talks about his expectations for the next House term.
• Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event.
• As our centennial series continues, David Brooks, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, New York Times columnist, and the author of the book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Random House, 2023) reviews the history of "meritocracy" in the U.S. and argues that it needs reform.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.