Queens Flooding; Back-to-School Update; How 9/11 Changed US Globally; How 9/11 Changed Their Childhoods

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 8, 2021

On today's show:

  • New York State Senator Jessica Ramos (D, District 13, Queens) talks about Pres. Biden's visit to her district and the flooding recovery efforts underway.
  • WNYC/Gothamist reporters Jessica Gould and Sophia Chang talk about the knowns and unknowns of the NYC public schoolyear's start.
  • Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, discusses America's changing role in the world since the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
  • Listeners under 35 -- who were kids on September 11th -- talk about how 9/11 changed their childhoods.

 

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