218 episodes

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.

    Journalism: Reporting the Truth-Print, Broadcast, Internet

    Journalism: Reporting the Truth-Print, Broadcast, Internet

    Considering a journalists’ job: “to find out what’s true and to report it,” former journalists Bob Herbert and guest, Eric Alterman ask what is the journalists’ responsibility to the public, and why have so many journalists performed their jobs so poorly - particularly as it applies to the 2024 Presidential Election.

    • 25 min
    Denise Maybank and Alan Yu: New Yorkers for Children

    Denise Maybank and Alan Yu: New Yorkers for Children

    At 18 young people age out of foster care, many without additional support. New Yorkers for Children focuses on those 18-26, guiding to a better life. Denise Maybank, Alan Yu and CUNY play important roles, education, financial support - to a better life.

    • 25 min
    J. Lester Feder: Campaign Aainst Ukraine’s LGBTQ Community

    J. Lester Feder: Campaign Aainst Ukraine’s LGBTQ Community

    To advance his war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has politicized and weaponized homophobia using harassment, humiliation, sexual violence against gay POWs. Journalist J. Lester Feder writes about these abuses and severe campaigns against the LGBTQ community and civil society.

    • 25 min
    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

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