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Swing State Congressional Races in NY, NJ; 'City of Yes' Latest; Malcolm Gladwell Re-Considers; The Poetry of Newark
The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 18, 2024
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On today's show:
- Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, talks about the campaigns in the swing Congressional districts on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.
- Dan Garodnick, director of the New York City Department of City Planning, makes his case for 'City of Yes' as City Council hearings on this key Eric Adam's initiative draw near.
- Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of many books, including Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), talks about his new work which follows up on his breakthrough book, The Tipping Point, with a more sobering look at social "epidemics."
- Caridad De La Luz, aka La Bruja, poet, activist, actor and executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and David D. Rodriguez, NJPAC’s EVP and executive producer, talk about the 20th Dodge Poetry Festival underway in downtown Newark and its new mission of sparking social change through poetry.
