Washington's Economic Problems; How High the Rent?; The Social Issues Underlying the Recent Subway Murder; When Failure is a Good Thing

Coming up on today’s show: 

Jim Tankersley, New York Times White House correspondent with a focus on economic policy, talks about the unsettled economic news, including the Fed hiking interest rates again, the coming debt-ceiling showdown and another bank failure.
David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about reaction to the news that the million-plus New Yorkers in rent-stabilized apartments will see rent increases of up to 7% next year.
Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation, consultant for Radiolab, and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), unpacks the intersection of social problems at play this week when train riders watched as one passenger strangled another and discusses the responses from the legal system and the public.
Jody Avirgan, podcast host, producer, and editor – currently host of Good Sport and the Radiotopia show This Day In Esoteric Political History, discusses how athletes may learn more from failure, and why losing can be a good thing – at both professional and amateur levels.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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