How Improv Might Help People Trust the Science

Democratic Primary Debate: NY-12

Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, recaps the NY1 and WNYC debate she co-moderated with Brian Lehrer and Errol Louis with the candidates in New York's 12th congressional district, who are running in this month's primary for the Democratic nomination to replace the retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler. Photo: Voters cast their ballots at the Community Presbyterian Church on election day in Merrick, New York, on Nov. 4, 2025. (James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/] 📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive. 🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/]🔥

Who Counts as a New Yorker?

Listeners weigh in on the perennial debate, which was reignited recently thanks to Jennifer Lopez's controversial opinion shared in her appearance on Subway Takes.  Photo: Danny Lyon July 1974, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/] 📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive. 🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/]🔥

How Improv Might Help People Trust the Science

As trust in science and institutions has eroded, Laura Lindenfeld, PhD, executive director, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and professor of communication at Stony Brook University, explains how improv (and the actor Alan Alda), is helping scientists improve their communication skills with the hope of winning back the skeptics.   Photo: Teacher With Male And Female Drama Students At Performing Arts School In Studio Improvisation Class. Photo by monkeybusinessimages.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/] 📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive. 🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/]🔥

Wild NYC - Wildflowers

As part of the yearlong series "Wild NYC," Marielle Anzelone, urban botanist and ecologist and the founder of NYC Wildflower Week [https://www.nycwildflowerweek.org/], and Clara Holmes, plant ecologist at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, talk about the challenges facing local wildflowers and native plants and how to preserve them. => NYC Native Plants [https://www.nycgovparks.org/learn/trees-and-plants/native-plants-of-new-york-city] (NYC Parks)   Photo: Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass -  native wildflower with grasslike leaves and small blue-violet flowers. Grows in open sandy meadows in low wet spots. Uncommon in NYC and locally rare. {Marielle Anzelone) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/] 📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive. 🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/]🔥

Bill Bradley on Knicks Fever and More

Bill Bradley, two-time NBA champion with the Knicks and former U.S. Senator (D NJ), host of American Voices on Sirius XM and featured in the autobiographical documentary "Rolling Along: Bill Bradley" talks about this year's NBA finals, reflects on his own championship season, and more.   Photo: NEW YORK - CIRCA 1970: Bill Bradley #24 of the New York Knicks in action against the San Francisco Warriors during an NBA basketball game circa 1970 at Madison Square Garden in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Bradley played for the Knicks from 1967-77. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)     Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. To access the official documents and the unedited interview transcript, please visit our digital archive here ➡️ https://goo.su/bCg2fNd [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/] 📻 This conversation matters. Keep it alive. 🔥 [YOUR CLICK FUELS INDEPENDENT MEDIA — DO IT NOW] [https://digitalmarketingtrendingtop.blogspot.com/]🔥