Rep. Kathleen Rice; Economy & Equity: Eric Adams; Eid Mubarak; The Power of Profanity
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 13, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- United States Representative Kathleen Rice (D, NY-4th) talks about the latest news from Washington.
- Brooklyn Borough President and 2021 mayoral hopeful Eric Adams talks about his plans for the City's economy, both in recovering from the pandemic losses and in addressing pre-existing inequality.
- Imam Khalid Latif, university chaplain for New York University and executive director of the Islamic Center at NYU, talks about this year's celebration of Eid Al Fitr as Ramadan 2021 comes to a close and hears from listeners about how their holiday plans.
- John McWhorter, Columbia University linguistics professor, host of the Lexicon Valley podcast at Slate and the author of Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever (Avery, 2021), joins to discuss his new book on profanity, where swear words come from and why they hold so much power.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
