Summer Friday: Sexism Post-Election, South Asian (Mis)Representations, Tick Safety, Composting in NYC, Vanishing NY, LeVar Burton
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 25, 2017
It's another summer Friday, which means another best-of The Brian Lehrer Show! Here's what's on tap for today's show:
- Susan Chira, senior correspondent and editor on gender issues for The New York Times, talks about her latest reporting project, which will explore whether women are noticing that men have less shame expressing sexist attitudes and remarks since the presidential election.
- Sopan Deb, culture reporter for The New York Times, and Aditi Natasha Kini, writer and filmmaker, discuss their two personal takes on Hollywood depictions of interracial relationships between South Asian men and white women.
- Rebecca Young, the nurse who mans the "tick help line" at Southampton Hospital's Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center, offers tips on how to prevent a tick bite, how to check for ticks and what to do if you find one on yourself, plus symptoms for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
- Kathryn Garcia, the commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation, discusses the city's multi-million dollar composting campaign to reduce greenhouse gasses and its reliance on landfills.
- Jeremiah Moss, pen name for the author of the blog “Jeremiah's Vanishing New York” and author of the new book, Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul (Dey Street Books, 2017), argues that while every generation thinks NYC was better before, today’s changes go beyond the normal churn and threaten the city’s vitality. He details what’s been lost and what he wants to see done to preserve what’s left.
- Actor, director, author and now podcast host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) talks about hosting his new podcast, LeVar Burton Reads, where he reads short stories creating an immersive experience for the listener.
These interviews originally aired earlier this year. Links to the unedited audio are here:
- More Sexist Language and Attitudes Out in the Open Post-Election (7/25/17)
- South Asian (Mis)Representations Onscreen (7/26/2017)
- Tick Talk: How to Protect Yourself From Lyme (6/2/2017)
- NYC Turns Food Waste Into Black Gold (6/5/2017)
- Preserving NYC's Vanishing Businesses (7/27/2017)
- From 'Reading Rainbow' to 'LeVar Burton Reads' (7/27/2017)
