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A weekly half-hour program featuring interviews with significant men and women from a variety of fields: officeholders and activists, economists, labor leaders, writers and artists. Herbert, a longtime journalist and former columnist for The New York Times, takes a close look each week at a compelling contemporary issue. He elicits personal stories and insights into the character of each guest, revealing not just what they believe about a particular issue, but why they believe it.

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A weekly half-hour program featuring interviews with significant men and women from a variety of fields: officeholders and activists, economists, labor leaders, writers and artists. Herbert, a longtime journalist and former columnist for The New York Times, takes a close look each week at a compelling contemporary issue. He elicits personal stories and insights into the character of each guest, revealing not just what they believe about a particular issue, but why they believe it.

    Drop Dead City: New York on the Brink

    Drop Dead City: New York on the Brink

    One of the most significant and traumatic developments in New York City’s history was the fiscal crisis that erupted in the mid-1970’s, and made unforgettable - by the Daily News’ headline: “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” Co-directors of a documentary of the era, Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn, discusses the crisis leading to the nation’s movement away from social and deficit spending.

    • 26 Min.
    Veselka: the Rainbow on the Corner

    Veselka: the Rainbow on the Corner

    “Veselka” rainbow in Ukrainian is the name of a beloved restaurant in New York’s East Village. Opened in 1954, as a newsstand, its current owners, Tom and his son Jason Birchard, tell us how Veselka evolved into a cornerstone of its community and, has now become a beacon of hope for staff and customers tragically affected by the war.

    • 25 Min.
    Scott Richman: ADL Fights Antisemitism and Bias

    Scott Richman: ADL Fights Antisemitism and Bias

    Scott Richman, ADL’s Regional Director, discusses the dramatic surge of antisemitism. especially in New York and in New Jersey, following horrific events in Israel, including unprovoked physical attacks and killings at religious institutions, students threatened, bomb scares, and at public demonstrations - hateful anti-Jewish rhetoric. Richman says criticizing Israel or the US is OK - until it rises to levels of antisemitism.

    • 26 Min.
    Christina Greer: Your Vote in 2024

    Christina Greer: Your Vote in 2024

    Politics! weird politics, a fractured political process, the concern that committed voters may be reconsidering their crucial vote in 2024, court’s “chipping away” at the Voting Rights Act effecting civil liberties and American democracy - are issues discussed with Fordham University Professor and Moynihan Public Scholar at City College, Christina Greer.

    • 26 Min.
    Samuel Freedman: "Into the Bright Sunshine"

    Samuel Freedman: "Into the Bright Sunshine"

    “Into the Bright Sunshine,” Samuel Freedman’s cultural biography of Hubert Humphrey, a “ruthless foe of anti-semitism and champion of civil rights,” reminds us of lynchings, racism, segregation and more that existed in this country prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of one of the “true acts of courage in American politics…” Humphrey’s speech in support of civil rights at the Democratic National Convention, in 1947!

    • 25 Min.
    80 is the NEW 60

    80 is the NEW 60

    Barry LePatner commends research, advances in science, medicine, technology that allow 80 year olds to be the NEW 60’s and in the United States - almost 90,000 centenarians to celebrate their birthdays. Mr. LePatner highlights the need for exercise and for social relationships - friends, family - to enjoy our “golden” years.

    • 25 Min.

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