California Senate Primary; Cuts to 3K and Pre-K; NYC Mayors Quiz; How Memory Works; Mahjong
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 7, 2024
Coming up on today's show:
- Christian Paz, senior politics reporter for Vox, offers analysis of California's Senate primary, where Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican (and former LA Dodgers star) Steve Garvey emerged as the top two candidates and will now face each other in the general election.
- The Adams administration has made budget cuts that are affecting how many 3K and pre-k seats for 3 and 4 year olds are available. Jessica Gould, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about where the cuts leave the program, which was the signature achievement of Mayor Adams's predecessor, and what it means for families with young children looking for a break on childcare costs.
- Listeners try their hand at a ten-question quiz about New York City mayors from recent -- and more distant-- history.
- Charan Ranganath, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Davis, where he leads their Dynamic Memory Lab, and the author of Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters (Doubleday, 2024), explains what we know about remembering and forgetting.
- In this membership-drive mini-series, we get to know about hobbies and building skills and finding communities for fun. Today, David Bresnick, president of the U.S. Professional Mahjong League and founder of the mahjong event space Sparrow's Nest Studio in Manhattan, shares his passion for mahjong.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
