Local Infrastructure Projects; Call Your Senator: Kirsten Gillibrand; Another Hollywood Strike; The Business of Taylor Swift

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Coming up on today’s show:

    Clayton Guse, WNYC/Gothamist assistant editor on the NYC Accountability desk, talks about some of the big projects getting the go-ahead with funding, including the Gateway Tunnel, the 2nd Avenue Subway extension, and the latest on the Penn Station re-do.
    Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D NY), talks about her work in Washington and more.
    Samantha Chery, breaking news features reporter for the Washington Post, provides a look at the outcome of negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which brings together TV and streaming studios and SAG-AFTRA, the union representing 160,000 actors including Hollywood’s brightest stars.
    As Taylor Swiftโ€™s โ€œEras Tourโ€ comes to a close in the U.S., it is on track to amass $1 billion in sales which would make it the highest-grossing tour ever. Charlie Harding, music journalist and co-host of the Switched On Pop podcast, breaks down the popularity of Swift’s music and how the artist is shaping the industry.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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