Ask the Mayor; Rep. Jeffries' "Better Deal"; Moving for a Job; A New Canon of Pop Music

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 28, 2017

Coming up on today's show:

  • Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. 
  • U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) talks about the new Democratic messaging campaign, "A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future," which is aimed at winning back moderate, blue-collar American voters.
  • Patricia Cohen, New York Times reporter on national economy and author of In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age, talks about the long history of moving for work in America, and explains why people don't seem to be moving around as much as they once did.
  • Ann Powers, NPR music critic and correspondent, talks about the list she and her colleagues compiled that represents the best 150 albums in popular music -- with all women artists, and the reasons why such a list was necessary. 

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