The U.N.'s Role; Recapping the Mayor; What to Know About Fentanyl in NYC; Talking About Struggle and the Future

On today’s show:

Farnaz Fassihi, United Nations bureau chief for The New York Times, breaks down the role that the United Nations is assuming in brokering a ceasefire and other permanent solutions in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week’s event.

New York City Council recently voted to approve Naloxone to be stocked in public schools. Courtney McKnight, clinical assistant professor of epidemiology at the NYU School of Global Public Health, breaks down where fentanyl is commonly found, how Naloxone is administered and what New Yorkers can do to keep themselves — and their kids — safe from fentanyl overdose.

Rebecca Carroll, writer and cultural critic, and author of Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir (Simon & Schuster, 2021), and voice actor Cree Summer preview their work in “In Love and Struggle, Volume 3: The Future is Around Us” at Minetta Lane Theatre this week.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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