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Trump Administration Subpoenas Local Hospitals for Trans Kids' Medical Records

In an ongoing push to end gender affirming care for minors, the Trump administration has requested the medical records of trans youths at both NYU Langone and Mount Sinai. Caroline Lewis, health care reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, shares her reporting on how the hospitals are complying with the subpoena and the broader reaction from parents, politicians, and trans-rights advocates. Photo: Medical records in file cabinet at doctor's office. (Photo by fotofrog/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Doctors' Perilous Fight Against Ebola in the DRC

Jun 900:22:26Tap to summarize

Amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak, doctors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are treating symptomatic patients and facing shortages of crucial protective and diagnostic equipment. Amy Maxmen, PhD, public health correspondent and editor at KFF Health News, reports on the situation. MONGBWALU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - MAY 24: Community members watch as health workers wearing protective equipment prepare for a safe burial operation in the community of Mongbwalu on May 24, 2026 in Mongbwalu, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern," as the death toll and number of confirmed cases continue to rise. The current epidemic is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, one of several Orthoebolaviruses that can cause Ebola disease, and for which there are no approved vaccines. The highest number of cases have been reported in Congo's eastern Ituri province, bordering Uganda. Global health officials have expressed grave concern over the capacity to contain the outbreak in a region already facing a humanitarian crisis, with highly mobile populations displaced by conflict and economic factors. (Photo by Michel Lunanga/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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What Flag Are You Flying?

Jun 900:08:37Tap to summarize

As Flag Day and America's 250th approach, Pride month is underway, and the World Cup is about to kick off. Listeners call in to share what flags they are flying, and what they mean. Photo: Flags of different countries waving in the wind. Photo by: Oliver Helbig/Getty Images Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Democratic Primary Forum: NY-7

Jun 800:49:04Tap to summarize

Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn borough president, Claire Valdez, NYS assembly member (37th district, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewood), union organizer, artist and , and Julie Won, New York City council member (district 26), discuss the key issues in their campaign to be the Democratic nominee in New York's 7th Congressional district. Photo: An election ballot box is seen at a polling site in upper Manhattan where people cast their vote for the 2020 U.S Presidential Election, in New York City, United States on November 03, 2020. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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New York City's Slowing Job Growth

Jun 800:18:55Tap to summarize

New York City's unemployment rate is higher than it was before the coronavirus pandemic, and job growth has stalled. James Parrott, senior fellow and senior advisor at the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, talks about factors contributing to these economic concerns. Photo: A 'help wanted' advertisement is displayed in Manhattan on January 09, 2026, in New York City. The Labor Department reported on Friday that employers added 50,000 jobs in December, bringing the unemployment rate down to 4.4% (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Speeches as a Key to American Identity

Jun 800:31:13Tap to summarize

Ben Rhodes, contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, co-host of Pod Save the World, an advisor to former president Barack Obama and the author of All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches (Random House, 2026), talks about his new book that tells the history of the United States and its central conflicts through public speeches, from Benjamin Franklin to Donald Trump. Photo: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to supporters during his farewell speech at McCormick Place on January 10, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Share Your 9/11 Story

Jun 800:10:05Tap to summarize

Christina Norman, chief creative officer at The Moth, and Juan Rodriguez, senior manager, community engagement at The Moth, talk about how storytelling and their new workshop for potential storytellers for their new project with the National September Memorial and Museum for the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The Moth & The 9/11 Memorial & Museum Information Session, virtual, June 10 at 7pm.Photo: The Corn Moon rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan as the Tribute in Light is tested ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City on September 8, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn via Getty) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Ask the Mayor; Queer Saints; New Slang

Jun 600:58:11Tap to summarize

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Ask the Mayor (First) | Queer Saints (Starts at 30:16) | New Slang (Starts at 51:45) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Friday Morning Politics: President Trump's Slush Fund; War Powers Rebuke

Jun 500:44:56Tap to summarize

Elana Schor, senior Washington editor at Semafor, talks about the news out of Washington this week, including how some Republican senators are standing up to President Trump on war powers, the $1.8 billion dollar payout fund and more. Photo: Martin Falbisoner, US Capitol and Grant Memorial, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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How to Spend 'the People's Money'

Jun 500:27:12Tap to summarize

Chair and executive director of the NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) Sarah Sayeed, and the "People's Artist" at the CEC Yazmany Arboleda, talk about this year's round of citywide participatory budgeting for projects in each borough and how and where to vote. Photo: Paul Stein, Hooping at New York City Dance Parade, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive.🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] 🔥

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Trump Administration Subpoenas Local Hospitals for Trans Kids' Medical Records