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10-Question Quiz: American History
May 2000:13:33Tap to summarizeKenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About History and Don't Know Much About Mythology, quizzes listeners on how well they know their American history.Photo: Ad Meskens, 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 Belief in God Has Changed
May 2000:15:15Tap to summarizeMeghan Sullivan, professor of philosophy at Notre Dame and founder of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, offers her take on the contemporary context for belief, or doubt, in God as religious affiliation largely declines in the U.S. Photo: Worshippers walk to a station during the Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge on April 03, 2026 in New York City. (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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Spring Cleaning: Cleaning Out Your Parents' Home
May 2000:08:16Tap to summarizeDr. Regina Lark, organizer and founder of A Clear Path, offers advice for how to clean out a parent's home, especially when grief is also a part of the picture. Photo: A woman creates piles of cookbooks she planned to purchase during the estate sale at the home of celebrity chef Barbara Lynch. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe 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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The Last Days of Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'
May 1900:19:05Tap to summarizeCBS has canceled "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." As the show airs its final episodes, Bill Carter, editor at large for LateNighter.com, discusses what its loss says about today's media landscape. Photo: US comedian Stephen Colbert speaks onstage during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (VALERIE MACON/AFP 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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Transit News: LIRR Strike Update
May 1800:23:07Tap to summarizeClayton Guse, WNYC and Gothamist editor of the transit and infrastructure desk, and Stephen Nessen, WNYC and Gothamist transportation reporter, talk about the latest on the strike by Long Island Railroad workers. Photo: A Long Island Railroad train departs from Woodside, Queens en route to Penn Station in Manhattan. (Credit: Mtattrain/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0) 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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Monday Morning Politics: Trump's Gaffes; Kash Patel
May 1800:13:44Tap to summarizeDavid Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic daily newsletter, plus author of The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2025), offers analysis of FBI director Kash Patel's performance during Congressional testimony, plus how he says President Trump's recent gaffes may hurt the GOP. Photo: FBI Director Kash Patel attends the Las Vegas Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 22, 2025. (Credit: Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security 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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10-Question Quiz: American History
May 1800:25:39Tap to summarizeKenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About History and Don't Know Much About Mythology, quizzes listeners on how well they know their American history. Photo: The White House pictured in June 2025. (Credit: Jack Walker/WNYC) 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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Spring Cleaning: Strategies for Neurodivergent People
May 1800:09:03Tap to summarizeAs part of a series on spring cleaning, KC Davis, author of How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing, offers realistic strategies for how neurodivergent people can build healthy habits around cleaning. Photo: Cover art for "How to Keep House." 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: Economic News from Marketplace; Our Bodies & Our Tech; Wild NYC - Air Migrations
May 1600:53:40Tap to summarizeThree of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Economic News from Marketplace (First) | Our Bodies & Our Tech (Starts at 14:32) | Wild NYC - Air Migrations (Starts at 33:54) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.Photo: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 11: Gas prices over 6 dollars a gallon are seen on a sign at a Shell station on May 11, 2026 in San Diego, CA. (Photo by Kevin Carter/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 Péter Magyar's Election in Hungary Says About 'Strongmen' Today
May 1500:22:14Tap to summarizeAndrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation (Viking Press, 2019), talks about his recent reporting on Péter Magyar, the new prime minister of Hungary who recently toppled Viktor Orbán, and on OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman. Photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar speaks at the first press conference of the new Hungarian government in Opusztaszer, Hungary, May 13, 2026. (Photo by Peter Zsolnai/Xinhua 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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