CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer

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Brian Lehrer, of WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, also hosts an hour-long weekly television show on CUNY-TV. In addition to highlighting new academic research with the power to transform society and policy in a regular segment called, "Public Intellectual," Brian interviews experts on a wide variety of topics including: the digital age and how it’s transforming our world; new social and political trends and current events in New York City and beyond; entrepreneurs of change; grassroots environmental efforts; and innovative inventions and apps.

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Special: Asylum and Immigration

Jun 24 2015 58 mins  
The life of asylum seekers in NYC and the U.S.; inadequate translation services for parents at schools; a study finds cab drivers lack knowledge about Obamacare; and family consequences of sending Chinese Brooklyn kids to China for grade school

Return to Sender: Ralph Nader's Letters to the White House

Jun 17 2015 58 mins  
Ralph Nader discusses his unanswered letters to two presidents; robots enter their 'deep learning' phase; two Kickstarter projects take a part-two in a quest to enhance NYC; and research behind a new idea for preventing sexual assault on campus

Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver

Jun 10 2015 57 mins  
The High Bridge and Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver; Politwoops exposed politicians' deleted tweets but is now deleted; Most people don't want to give away personal data but do anyway; 'out' in the 'outer-boroughs'

Broken Windows in 117 Pieces

Jun 03 2015 56 mins  
The Burmese Rohingya refugee crisis; broken windows in 117 pieces (vignettes); gigantic Silicon Valley-area study on homelessness has solutions; hard questions finance academics could be asking

Smart Guns & Scared Healthy

May 27 2015 59 mins  
A campaign for safe guns, explained by a reverend and a rabbi; New York's experiment with medical marijuana; hard hitting public health ads are controversial but work; exploring the Greenwich Village folk scene, and music from Amy Regan

Safety Culture

May 20 2015 57 mins  
The consequences of poor "safety culture"; feminism in the Muslim World; a good deal for street vendors; and restoring the original Penn Station

Transparency For Sale

May 13 2015 56 mins  
Corporate data reveals the truth, and it's a business; Greg David on why Bill de Blasio is "lucky" mayor; Partisan voters see politics like sports and accept foul play; and restoring Central Park's lost arches

Baltimore Uprisings and Revisiting the Kerner Commission

May 06 2015 58 mins  
Baltimore unrest and revisiting the Kerner Commission; progressive talk in the political season with Dan Cantor of Working Families Party; farmers turn to big data to meet demand; and the cultural factors of work and happiness

Nepal Earthquake Relief; TPP debate

Apr 29 2015 59 mins  
Nepalese New Yorkers respond to the earthquake back home; debating the pending "TPP" trade deal; targeted for rezoning, East New York seeks revitalization from within; corporations love the first amendment, in court; birds to watch in Central Park.

Earth Day: Beyond Fringe

Apr 22 2015 57 mins  
Forty five years after the first Earth Day, a look at how environmentally conscious decisions and innovations have pervaded throughout society.