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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Viola Fletcher. Ottowa Gurley. Ester Dean. Getty Images Who will win today’s cage match? Welcome to The Smackdown! For the last few weeks Brittany has been hosting debates in cities and regions across the United States to find out who and what are the most influential things from those places. This episode Brittany…

Rupert Murdoch took an Australia paper in Adelaide and turned it into one of the most influential media empires in the world. The question of who will run it after he’s gone though is the subject of speculation both in reality and on the HBO fictional series “Succession.” Now, a small probate court in Nevada…

Since the war in Ukraine began, the historian Timothy Snyder has made several trips to Ukraine, and it was there that he wrote parts of his newest book, “On Freedom.” The author of “Bloodlands” and “On Tyranny,” Snyder spoke in Ukrainian with soldiers, farmers, journalists, and politicians, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.  He talks with David…

On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast.Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a…

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images In this edition of If You Can Keep It, we’re focusing on campaign donations – where…

Table saws are extremely dangerous. The government estimates that injuries from table saws send something like 30,000 people to the emergency room every year. 3,000 of those end in amputations. The costs of those injuries are enormous. Are they also avoidable? In 1999, inventor Steve Gass had a realization: Humans conduct electricity pretty well; Wood…

Loading… On today’s show: WNYC celebrates its 100th birthday with a live show at Central Park SummerStage, hosted by Brian Lehrer and featuring WNYC hosts Alison Stewart, Brooke Gladstone, Micah Loewinger, Sean Carlson and John Schaefer, plus Ira Glass, trivia, live musical performances and more.     This version was edited for time. For audio of the full show (including Nada Surf!),…

On today’s show: Jessica Gould, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about the issues facing the education department, like Pre-K and whether to ban cellphone use in classes as the school year gets started. Over Labor Day weekend, as many as 10,200 hotel workers went on strike nationwide. Chris Isidore, senior writer for CNN Business, explains the conditions that…

Acclaimed poet Danez Smith joins us to discuss their new collection, Bluff, which uses poetry and mixed-media art to reflect on their experience of 2020 in Minneapolis in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. With our first-ever All Of It Summer Reading Challenge coming to a close, we open the phones to our readers– what’s the…

From 7-9 p.m. on Sept. 9, join host Brian Lehrer for a live radio broadcast from SummerStage in Central Park! The evening will include some of the most beloved voices you’ve heard on the air and a lineup of comedy, music, trivia and more. Featuring segments with WNYC’s All Things Considered Host Sean Carlson, On…