In this Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 file photo U.S. soldiers stand guard along the perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Western nationals and Afghan workers have been fl

Afghanistan Evacuation Latest; The Census and Redistricting; Ask the Mayor; Did You Start a New Business This Year?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 20, 2021

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Annie Pforzheimer, non-resident associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), acting deputy assistant secretary of state for Afghanistan until March 2019, and deputy chief of mission in Kabul from 2017-2018, talks about the sudden fall of the Afghan government and the continued efforts to evacuate Americans and those who worked with them.
  • David Cruz, WNYC/Gothamist news editor, talks about what the new Census numbers show about how NYC is changing and the new NY redistricting process.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • We open up the phone lines for listeners who've started businesses over the past 18 months.

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