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🗓️ 17 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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0:00.0 | Listener supported WNYC Studios. |
0:07.2 | WNYC Studios. |
0:21.8 | I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter, Show on WNYC. |
0:26.5 | I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom. |
0:28.5 | Brian, we'll be back on Monday. |
0:32.2 | I'll start by saying that we've got our eyes on the Supreme Court, |
0:37.0 | which is expected to issue that opinion on the TikTok case this morning, right about now. |
0:38.3 | They'll decide whether the popular Chinese-owned social media app should be banned. I'll share the news when it comes out, |
0:44.0 | and then in about an hour we're going to break it down with a guest from the tech site, |
0:47.6 | the information, and legal analysis from Emily Bazelon from Yale Law School. Now, this is coming at an interesting time since |
0:56.2 | President-elect Trump will be inaugurated on Monday and has vowed to save the app. Plus, we'll talk |
1:02.2 | to State Senator Zellner Myrie. He's running in the Democratic primary election for mayor. |
1:07.3 | I'll ask him about what he's pledging to do on housing, child care, and more. And then we're |
1:11.9 | going to wrap up today's show by sharing some ideas for how to help people affected by the |
1:16.3 | ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. I'm sure a lot of you have already done this, and maybe |
1:21.5 | some of you are wondering how to make sure what you're giving is doing the most good. And we're |
1:26.1 | going to give you some suggestions on that front. |
1:28.6 | But first, it is the last Friday of the Biden administration. And news continues to emerge about |
1:34.7 | the final steps he's taking before leaving the Oval Office. Today, there's news that he's commuting |
1:40.4 | the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. These are people |
1:46.2 | who received longer sentences based on older drug laws. Earlier this week, the administration announced |
1:51.9 | a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal reached between Israel and Hamas. Biden credited the nonstop |
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