Norman Rockwell's 'The Problem We All Live With' (1963)

NYC Quality of Life (By The Numbers); SoulCycle Solidarity; Parenting to a Fault

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 11, 2015

Only 33% of New Yorkers think their quality of living is “good” or “very good” – that’s the lowest number ever measured by Quinnipiac University pollsters. Hear how the real quality-of-life statistics aren’t as bad as New Yorkers think. Plus: why #BlackLivesMatter is targeting Bernie Sanders; failing schools and an accidental integration plan in Ferguson, MO; the brilliant cult of SoulCycle; and how overprotective parenting can hold a child back in the long-run.

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