A new documentary follows freediver Alessia Zecchini and her relationship with a renowned safety diver, Stephen Keenan. As Zecchini pursues her dreams of setting new freediving records, her feats become more and more dangerous, ultimately with tragic consequences. Documentarian Laura McGann joins us to discuss her film, “The Deepest Breath,” which is streaming on Netflix.
A new city measure allows property owners and managers to register their buildings on a “Prohibited Building List,” banning short term rentals in their properties. WNYC/Gothamist’s housing reporter David Brand, and data reporter Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky recently published a story on the new “anti-Airbnb” measure. Brand and Jeffrey-Wilensky join us to talk about their story, and what it means for city dwellers and visitors.
Hetty Lui McKinnon’s latest is both a cookbook and an homage to her father, a Chinese immigrant who moved to Australia. He learned English while selling bananas at a local market and brought home crates of produce after work, instilling in Hetty a lifelong love of vegetables. She joins us to discuss the vegetarian cookbook, Tenderheart, and take listener calls.
With one heatwave after another, the last thing many of us want to do is turn on our ovens. New York Times Food & Cooking editor Emily Weinstein joins to share recipes that don’t require cooking and takes listener calls.
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