Podcast
CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer
Hosted by CUNY TV · EN
Brian Lehrer, of WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, also hosts an hour-long weekly television show on CUNY-TV. In addition to highlighting new academic research with the power to transform society and policy in a regular segment called, "Public Intellectual," Brian interviews experts on a wide variety of topics including: the digital age and how it’s transforming our world; new social and political trends and current events in New York City and beyond; entrepreneurs of change; grassroots environmental efforts; and innovative inventions and apps.
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Special: Asylum and Immigration
Jun 24, 201500:58:10Tap to summarizeThe life of asylum seekers in NYC and the U.S.; inadequate translation services for parents at schools; a study finds cab drivers lack knowledge about Obamacare; and family consequences of sending Chinese Brooklyn kids to China for grade school.
Transcribe →Return to Sender: Ralph Nader's Letters to the White House
Jun 17, 201500:58:30Tap to summarizeRalph Nader discusses his unanswered letters to two presidents; robots enter their 'deep learning' phase; two Kickstarter projects take a part-two in a quest to enhance NYC; and research behind a new idea for preventing sexual assault on campus
Transcribe →Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver
Jun 10, 201500:57:42Tap to summarizeThe High Bridge and Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver; Politwoops exposed politicians' deleted tweets but is now deleted; Most people don't want to give away personal data but do anyway; 'out' in the 'outer-boroughs'
Transcribe →Broken Windows in 117 Pieces
Jun 3, 201500:56:20Tap to summarizeThe Burmese Rohingya refugee crisis; broken windows in 117 pieces (vignettes); gigantic Silicon Valley-area study on homelessness has solutions; hard questions finance academics could be asking
Transcribe →Smart Guns & Scared Healthy
May 27, 201500:59:02Tap to summarizeA campaign for safe guns, explained by a reverend and a rabbi; New York's experiment with medical marijuana; hard hitting public health ads are controversial but work; exploring the Greenwich Village folk scene, and music from Amy Regan
Transcribe →Safety Culture
May 20, 201500:57:01Tap to summarizeThe consequences of poor "safety culture"; feminism in the Muslim World; a good deal for street vendors; and restoring the original Penn Station
Transcribe →Transparency For Sale
May 13, 201500:56:52Tap to summarizeCorporate data reveals the truth, and it's a business; Greg David on why Bill de Blasio is "lucky" mayor; Partisan voters see politics like sports and accept foul play; and restoring Central Park's lost arches
Transcribe →Baltimore Uprisings and Revisiting the Kerner Commission
May 6, 201500:58:44Tap to summarizeBaltimore unrest and revisiting the Kerner Commission; progressive talk in the political season with Dan Cantor of Working Families Party; farmers turn to big data to meet demand; and the cultural factors of work and happiness
Transcribe →Nepal Earthquake Relief; TPP debate
Apr 29, 201500:59:17Tap to summarizeNepalese New Yorkers respond to the earthquake back home; debating the pending "TPP" trade deal; targeted for rezoning, East New York seeks revitalization from within; corporations love the first amendment, in court; birds to watch in Central Park.
Transcribe →Earth Day: Beyond Fringe
Apr 22, 201500:57:25Tap to summarizeForty five years after the first Earth Day, a look at how environmentally conscious decisions and innovations have pervaded throughout society.
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