On today’s show:
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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 led to the strike, which impacted 9 cities, and why it’s the second year in a row that hotel workers walked off of the job.
A ballot measure to protect and expand abortion rights will be on the ballot in Florida this year. Grace Panetta, political reporter at 19th News, explains the measure and why former President Donald Trump, who is registered to vote in Florida, has publicly said he’d vote against it.
A recent op-ed piece in Slate written by a psychiatrist notes how the author, and her patients, are recently starting to identify as introverted. Listeners who found their personalities have shifted from extrovert to introvert call in to share what inspired the change, what difficulties it may sometimes cause and how they’re dealing with it.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
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