Ask the Mayor; Why The 'Law and Order' President Supports A Criminal Justice Reform Bill; Should You Stay or Should You Go?; Homeless On Sesame Street

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 14, 2018

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Inimai Chettiar, director of the justice program at the Brennan Center for Justice, talks about what's in Congress's rare bi-partisan criminal justice reform bill, who it helps and who it leaves out.
  • A Brian Lehrer Show caller said he wanted to leave the US because he didn't like the direction the country was going. So listeners, call in if you've made the decision to stay or go from a community or institution you're struggling to embrace.   
  • Sherrie Westin, president of Global Impact and Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop, talks about Lily, the homeless Muppet who lives on Sesame Street.

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