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The U.S. economy has been on a job creation spree in the last few years. But wage inflation has eased and unemployment even ticked up recently. What gives? Also in this episode: Infrastructure grants aid communities of color, e-commerce changes the way we shop and crawfish farmers struggle with the impact of record heat. Read…

The Boeing regional headquarters is seen amid the coronavirus pandemic in Arlington, Virginia. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images After months of discussion about his advanced age, President Joe Biden leaned into the issue of his health and mental acuity in his first ad of the general election. Months before November, the Republican National Convention is…

The election comes just a month after the death of the President’s most prominent and vocal critic, Alexei Navalny, in a penal colony in Siberia. Show more Vladimir Putin faces no serious opposition. The election comes just a month after the death of the President’s most prominent and vocal critic, Alexei Navalny, in a penal…

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several high-end New York City restaurants — adrenaline-fueled workplaces where booze and drugs are plentiful and the health inspector will ruin your day. His memoir is Your Table Is Ready. Also, Terry shares a remembrance of revered magazine editor William Whitworth. David Bianculli reviews Restless Dreams, a documentary about Paul…

At your service: A restaurant maître d’ tells all in ‘Your Table Is Ready’ At your service: A restaurant maître d’ tells all in ‘Your Table Is Ready’ Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several of New York City’s hottest restaurants, where he encountered celebrities, captains of finance and one bonafide mobster. Originally broadcast Dec. 6,…

Jon Alterman, senior vice president, Zbigniew Brzezinski chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Khaled Elgindy, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and director of MEI’s Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, talk about the calls for cease-fire in…

With Putin’s main opponents disqualified, few are in doubt of the eventual result. Show more Polls open in Russia’s presidential election, but few are in doubt about the eventual result, with Vladimir Putin certain to win another six year term. Any serious challengers to the President, including anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin, have already been disqualified…

Coming up on today’s show: Adrienne Adams, New York City Council Speaker (District 28, Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill, and South Ozone Park), talks about her recent State of the City address and the work of the council. Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, documentary film director, and the author…

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It’s been four years since COVID-19 struck, transforming our modern world in ways we’d never seen before — and we’re still processing the aftershocks. The pandemic exposed fault lines lurking beneath the surface of our everyday lives — friendships and bonds that weren’t as strong as we thought; political rifts that turned into chasms; shifts…