The State of Everything; Vanity Fair; Parks & Rec

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 22, 2015

NYS Assembly Sheldon Silver was arrested on corruption charges. We'll find out what happened. Plus: tell us about your block or your neighborhood and the 'State of Your Street'; the actual State of the State and what Governor Cuomo proposed; Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter on the magazine's rich literary history; our Parks & Rec t.v. club continues with Gail Collins and Linda Holmes; and an AirTrain to LaGuardia?

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