Meet the Mayoral Candidate: Eric Adams; Hakeem Jeffries; Cuba Sees Largest Protests in Decades; The Case for the 4-Day Work Week

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 19, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
  • Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President and projected winner of the Democratic primary for NYC Mayor, talks about his primary win and his plans for office, should he win in November.
  • U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn and Queens), House Democrats chairman, talks about the rollout of the child tax credit payments to families, budget talks on the Hill and more national political news.
  • Dr. Andy S. Gomez, former director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies and former assistant provost and dean of International Studies of Cuban Studies at the University of Miami, and Frances Robles, national and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, break down the recent anti-government protests in Cuba as well as abroad in solidarity. Plus, listeners with connections to the island help report the story. 
  • Iceland just released the results of a four-year study of more than 2500 employees in different fields whose work weeks were reduced by one day. Anne Helen Petersen, culture writer and the co-author of the forthcoming book Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working From Home, talks about the study's findings and whether shortening schedules could work in the United States.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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