New York State Lawmakers Get to Work; Ask the Mayor of Paterson, NJ; National Debt's All Time High; What's in a Hyphenated Married Name?

Coming up on today’s show:

New York State lawmakers are back in Albany for the new legislative session — with palpable tension among Democrats. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, previews the priorities of Gov. Hochul and the legislature, including on housing, education, migrants and more.
Andre Sayegh, mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, talks about Paterson-related news including how the city’s residents with Palestinian roots are feeling about the war in Gaza, plus the city’s relaunch of a guaranteed income program, a plan for migrants and how the city is working to deal with the city’s flooding issues.
The national debt has just surpassed $34 trillion for the first time. Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, New York Times columnist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of (now in paperback) Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), explains how that happened and where inflation may be headed in 2024.
In an essay, Rachel Gutman-Wei, associate editor at The Atlantic, asks, “why is everyone so worked up about hyphens?” She joins us to explore what she sees as the American aversion to hyphenated married names.

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