
Trump Liable; Schools Chancellor David Banks; Teen Mental Health; Summer Camps and Jewish Cultural History
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 10, 2023
Coming up on today's show:
- Jane Manning, director, Women's Equal Justice Project and former sex crimes prosecutor, talks about the verdict in E. Jean Carroll's civil suit against Donald Trump. A jury found the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation but not rape.
- David Banks, NYC Schools Chancellor, discusses New York City Reads, the new initiative to improve literacy rates in the public schools.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in February that showed an increase in teenagers struggling with their mental health, and the American Academy of Pediatrics has declared mental health challenges for teens a "national emergency." Lisa Damour, psychologist, co-host of the podcast “Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting" and author of several books, including The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescent (Ballantine Books, 2023), shares coping strategies and talks about when parents and teenagers should seek help.
- Sandra Fox, visiting assistant professor of American Jewish history at New York University, and director of the Archive of the American Jewish Left in the Digital Age, founder and executive producer of the Yiddish-language podcast "Vaybertaytsh: A Feminist Podcast in Yiddish," and the author of The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America (Stanford University Press, 2023), talks about the origins of sleepaway camps for Jewish kids in the U.S. and their influence on American Jewish culture, as callers share their stories from summer camp.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
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