Pres. Bush’s Place in Presidential History; Speak to the Speaker; Middle Eastern Christians; 10 Things That Scare Us
Coming up on today's show:
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David Greenberg, historian of American politics and a professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and the author of Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency (W. W. Norton & Company, 2016), Juan Williams, political analyst for Fox News and the author of What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?: Trump’s War on Civil Rights (Public Affairs, 2018), and Daily Beast columnist Eleanor Clift talk about George H.W. Bush’s impact on U.S. and world politics.
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Speaker of the New York City Council, Corey Johnson, talks about issues facing the City Council and takes calls from listeners.
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Janine di Giovanni, a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and the author of The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria (Liveright, 2016), talks about her reporting for Harper's Magazine on Christian communities under siege in the Middle East.
- Paula Szuchman, vice president of on-demand content at WNYC Studios, and WNYC producer Amy Pearl talk about their new WNYC podcast, 10 Things That Scare Me, where people (both famous and not) reveal their greatest fears.
