COVID Relief Bill; NYC Movie Theaters Reopened; Who Profits From Equipment Used in Prisons?; COVID Questions Answered; Pandemic Self-Care
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 8, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Mara Liasson, NPR national political correspondent, talks about the latest national political news - including the news that the Senate passed the latest, $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief bill over the weekend.
- Last Friday, movie theaters in New York City were allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity. John Vanco, general manager of the IFC Center in Manhattan, joins to discuss the return of movie theaters.
- The Brian Lehrer Show and The Greene Space have launched a new series called Punishment and Profit. Each week we examine one aspect of the business side of the prison industry, and ask: who stands to gain when people get put away? This week we talk to Bianca Tylek, Worth Rises’s executive director, and George Joseph, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, about the equipment and supplies corporations that furnish nearly everything used in prisons and jails from desks and uniforms to restraint jackets and tear gas.
- Jessica Malaty Rivera, infectious disease epidemiologist and science communication lead at The COVID Tracking Project, talks about the latest trends in COVID-19 numbers, whether the US will be able to avoid a potential fourth wave of cases this spring, and answers your questions on vaccines, variants and more.
- For this membership drive, we will end each show with a ten-minute explainer on how to take care of yourself during the pandemic. Up first, Shereene Idriss, MD, board-certified dermatologist, answers the internet's most burning questions about skincare (and haircare).
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
