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The Brian Lehrer Show

Lessons Learned on Staying Warm

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

With temps in the teens, listeners share their hacks and hard-won knowledge for keeping warm at work or play during periods of plunging temps and cold winds.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Brian Lair on WNYC. And to finish the show today, we'll move away from politics and have a

0:09.8

January call in for dog workers, construction workers, school crossing guards, or anyone who has to work

0:17.2

outside. The question is, what's your favorite piece of clothing to wear when it's

0:22.9

really cold outside, like it is this week, and do you have any other favorite cold weather hacks?

0:30.0

212-433 WNYC? What's your favorite piece of clothing to wear when it's really cold outside?

0:38.5

And do you have any other favorite cold weather hacks?

0:41.7

212-433 WNYC, caller text.

0:46.0

212, 433-9692.

0:50.3

I'll start with one, and I don't even work outside, but I did live in Albany for a few years,

0:55.0

which for a kid from Queens was like moving to the North Pole, and I really don't like to be cold.

1:01.4

So someone once gave me as a gift, a battery operated, heated hoodie. I've only ever used it a

1:08.9

few times, but a battery operated, heated hoodie. It has

1:13.2

heating elements front and back and around the neck. You can wear it under your winter coat.

1:18.1

That's one. Who else has a favorite piece of clothing to wear when it's really cold outside

1:23.7

or any other favorite cold weather hacks, battery operated or not.

1:29.9

212, 433, WNYC.

1:32.7

Let's share them with the other listeners because hopefully it'll help people who might not have

1:37.3

thought of what you wear or what you do and could use to know.

1:41.8

212, 433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92.

1:50.3

Now, anyone can call but dog walkers, construction workers, school crossing guards, sanitation workers,

1:57.4

food card vendors, NYPD, anyone else who has to work outside for extended periods of time.

2:03.3

You probably have the goods here. And other folks who are just starting to work outside,

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