The Corruption Playbook Lives; Navigating New York's Mass Transit w/ a Disability; E.J. Dionne's Plea for Democratic Unity; Having Kids... in This Climate?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 6, 2020
Coming up today's show:
- Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC News and co-host of the podcast Trump Inc. and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W. W. Norton & Company (January 2020), draws connections between the Christie administration's Bridgegate scandal and President Trump's impeachment.
- Shumita Basu, reporter, host and producer in WNYC's newsroom, talks about the We the Commuters reporting on accessibility in the NYC transit system. Plus, Claire Perlman, researcher for ProPublica's local reporting network, and Katherine Valdez, share their frustrations, successes and workarounds commuting while using a wheelchair in New York City.
- E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at Brookings, government professor at Georgetown University, and author of the new book Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country (St. Martin's Press, 2020), calls on the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic party to work together.
- Dani Blum, writer for NYT Parenting, discusses her article about how climate anxiety is impacting family planning.
