The Latest on the 'Invasion' of Ukraine; Wednesday Morning Local Politics; Oscar Docs: Writing With Fire

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 23, 2022

Coming up on today's show:

  • The White House has called Russia's most recent provocations an invasion of Ukraine. Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington correspondent of Puck, a new media company, joins to break down the latest news and how the United States plans to respond.
  • Erin Durkin, reporter for POLITICO and co-author of their New York Playbook, and David Cruz, editor and reporter on the People & Power Desk at WNYC/Gothamist, discuss the latest on local politics including Mayor Adams' subway safety plan and budget proposal, and more.
  • Filmmakers Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas talk about their Oscar-nominated documentary, "Writing With Fire," which follows three reporters at Khabar Lahariya, India's only women-run newspaper, as it moves from print to digital and its impact expands.
Transcripts are posted to each segment page as soon as they are available.

 

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