Coming up on today’s show:
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Both Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul have unveiled their new budget proposals. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, and Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about where the two leaders hope to direct spending, the gaps in the city’s budget and how much the state will direct toward aiding migrants in the city.
Sharon Brous, founding and senior rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish community based in Los Angeles and the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World (Avery, 2024), draws on the Torah and her work leading a Jewish community to share insights into how to have a meaningful spiritual life, plus reflects on the grief caused by the October 7th Hamas attack, Israel’s response and the suffering of Palestinians.
A. J. Jacobs, host of the new daily iHeart podcast “The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs,” NPR contributor, contributing editor at Esquire, and the author of several books including The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life (Crown, 2022), and Greg Pliska, chief puzzle officer for “The Puzzler” podcast, talk about why they think we are in a golden age of puzzles, and quiz listeners on New York-themed puzzle questions.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
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