#AskTheMayor; Defending Political Correctness; The Universe Explained Through Jazz
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 13, 2016
Coming up on today's show:
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls and discusses this week in NYC.
- New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer and Shane Goldmacher, political reporter for POLITICO, discuss GOP developments around the "normalization" of Donald Trump the nominee.
- Yesterday on #30Issues, we discussed the arguments against political correctness. Today, hear The Washington Post's Steven Petrow says being “PC” shouldn’t mean you’re overly sensitive; it just means you have basic manners.
- Jazz musician and Brown University physics professor Stephon Alexander explains the universe through the language of jazz.
- WNYC and NYPR's Matt Katz discusses the list of Bridgegate co-conspirators, which was expected to be released by noon today, but which may be held up by a federal judge after someone named on the list claimed its release would brand them as felons without due process of law.
