Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone. Hey, Kai Wright is back with us.

WNYC listeners will know him from his years here, most recently his host of Notes from America

and season three of the podcast Blind Spot. He's now co-hosting a new video podcast from

the Guardian U.S. called Stateside with Kai and Carter dropping three times a week. His co-hosting a new video podcast from the Guardian US called Stateside with Kai and Carter,

dropping three times a week.

His co-host is Carter Sherman, an award-winning journalist who covers reproductive rights,

sexual violence, and LGBTQ plus issues, and who wrote the book, The Second Coming, about

Gen Z's relationship with sex in post-Me-2 America.

She's also with us.

Among the stories they've covered so far on stateside, the Supreme Court's recent decision,

gutting so much of the Voting Rights Act, they talked to Stacey Abrams about that,

will play a clip, and a violent ice arrest in Los Angeles

will play a clip of Carter on that as well. So, Kai, welcome back, Carter Sherman. Welcome back to

WNYC. It is so nice to be here, Brian, and I've got to tell you, you know, that there's nothing

like coming back for break, listening to that baseline again.

It's lovely stuff.

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