Monday Morning Politics; Inequality in NYC; Separation Trauma; Hari Kondabolu
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 18, 2018
On today's show:
- NPR White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe talks about the latest national political news;
- Kristen Lewis co-director of Measure of America, a program of the Social Science Research Council, and co-author of Portrait of New York City, and Sheena Wright, president and CEO of the United Way of New York City, preview the SSRC's Portrait of New York report with a discussion of the findings on inequality across race and gender lines;
- Dana Sinopoli, psychologist and psychoanalytic candidate at the Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia, discusses her open letter criticizing policy separating immigrant children and parents by emphasizing psychological repercussions the children are likely to face;
- Hari Kondabolu talks about his new stand-up special which blends personal and political humor, and offers a comedic take on serious issues like terrorism, mass shootings, identity politics, religion, and healthcare.
