Trump’s Second Defamation Trial; Library Funding; Avoiding the 'Urban Doom Loop'; Staying Warm

On today's show:

• Writer E. Jean Carroll is taking former President Donald Trump back to court, this time focusing on what damages, if any, Trump must pay Carroll for defaming her. Andrea Bernstein, journalist, host of "We Don't Talk About Leonard" podcast from ProPublica & On The Media (previous podcasts: Will be Wild and Trump, Inc) and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), breaks down the first two days of the trial and what comes next.

• New York City's libraries cut Sunday service after a first round of spending cuts, but Mayor Adams is holding off further cuts for now. Lauren Comito, executive director of Urban Librarians Unite and a branch manager of a New York City library, talks about the budget back-and-forth and the services beyond books provided by the libraries.

• Back in 2022, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, professor of real estate and finance at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, argued New York City might be stuck in what he called an "urban doom loop." Now he thinks the city may have avoided the the worst of it as tourism has rebounded and workers are returning to the office in decent numbers.

• Listeners who work outside call in to share tips on how to keep warm and Nathalia Varela, workplace justice supervising attorney at Make the Road New York, explains how employees can assert their rights for a safe work environment.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.