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20 Years Later: 9/11 and The Muslim American Experience; Biden's New Delta Plan; Ask the Mayor; Overachievers Talk Pressure and Relief

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 10, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

  • Rowaida Abdelaziz, national reporter for HuffPost covering immigration, Islamophobia, and social justice issues, on how being Muslim in the United States changed after the September 11th attacks.
  • The majority of federal workers and contractors who do business with the government are now required to get vaccinated, according to an executive order President Biden signed Thursday. New York Times reporters Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Washington correspondent covering health policy, and Apoorva Mandavilli, who covers science and global health, talk about Biden's new plan to fight the delta variant, which also puts pressure on private businesses and states to enact stricter vaccination and testing policies.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • When Naomi Osaka announced her recent break from tennis, she noted when she wins, she only feels relief, not joy. Overachievers call in to talk about whether they identify with this feeling, and how it manifests in their lives.

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

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