Science News Roundup; Geo-Quiz: Brooklyn; Paul Krugman on the Economy; Parenting Advice with Jamilah Lemieux; Time for Poetry
The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 14, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- Nsikan Akpan, WNYC's health and science editor, joins for a roundup of the latest science-related news, including a closer look at the Merck pill, which could become the first oral antiviral COVID treatment, and a newly approved malaria vaccine.
- Jacqueline Woodson, author of the National Book Award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2014) and more, quizzes the listeners on how well they know Brooklyn.
- Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, New York Times columnist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of (now in paperback) Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), talks about the debt ceiling, the long-term economic picture and more.
- All during the fall pledge drive, Brian is talking to some of our favorite professional advice givers on thorny issues like relationships, money and etiquette. Today Jamilah Lemieux, co-host of Slate's weekly parenting podcast, "Mom and Dad Are Fighting," answers listener questions about parenting, from what to do if your kid is afraid of the dentist to playdate etiquette.
- Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019, author of Such Color: New and Selected Poems (Graywolf, 2021) and editor of The Best American Poetry 2021 (Scribner, 2021), shares some of the best recent poetry (including her own) to end the show.
