Coming up on today's show:

• Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, infectious disease clinician and researcher at Columbia, ProHEALTH chief of the division of Infectious Disease, senior fellow for Infectious Disease at UHG Research and Development, and president of Parasites Without Borders, talks about some of the latest COVID-19 developments, including the FDA's authorization of a 4th shot for those age 50+ and the uptick in the omicron subvariant cases.
• The majority of the New York City Council is new, and these members are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in the city's history. Over the next year, Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Marjorie Velázquez, NYC Council Member (District 13, East Bronx including Throggs Neck, Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Pelham Bay, Pelham Gardens, Schuylerville, Country Club, Locust Point, and Westchester Square, as well as parts of Allerton and Van Nest), talks about her priorities in City Hall.
• Suzanne Nossel, PEN America chief executive officer, and Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), debate the state of free speech in America.
• In the Apple sci-fi thriller "Severance," a corporation alters employees' brains so they can't remember what happened at work each day. Listeners call in and talk about how separate they keep their work and home lives.

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