Surgeon General; Whales Dying in NY & NJ; Brian Lehrer Show Quiz: Local Geography; Thanking a Stranger; Summer Arts Roundup: Outdoor Cinema
Coming up on today's show:
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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talks about why he has issued a warning about the lack of data on the safety of social media's effects on developing brains.
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Andy Read, professor of marine biology and the director of the Duke University Marine Laboratory, talks about why so many beached whales are turning up on the New York and New Jersey coastlines, and why claims from some groups that surveying for wind farms is causing the deaths are untrue.
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Call-in to test your knowledge of local geography—and for a chance to win a prize.
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Listeners call in to thank a stranger who helped them out of a jam in the past.
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Steve Smith, WNYC/Gothamist culture and arts editor, With so many not-to-be-missed cultural offerings this summer, SS shares some of the highlights. Today, he previews some of the top offerings for seeing movies under the stars.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
