Sen. Gillibrand; Culture on View; Wynton Marsalis; COVID By the Numbers; Jeffrey Wright; WWII Refresher Course
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 21, 2020
On today's show:
- U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about federal relief, including SNAP benefits and state and local funding for hard-hit areas;
- Shauna Lyon, editor of The New Yorker's Goings On About Town section, rounds up about cultural offerings, on line and from a distance;
- Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, talks about this year's virtual Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, which is celebrating 25 years;
- Jake Dobkin, co-founder of Gothamist, where he's been the de facto numbers-cruncher in chief for all things COVID-19, explains where we are in the trajectory of the virus;
- Jeffery Wright, renowned actor and founder of Brooklyn for Life!, talks about his activism and his latest project aiming to keep local restaurants open while feeding health care workers on the front lines;
- Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives (2016), looks back at World War II, 75 years later.
