Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence.

The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices.

Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues shaping the Beltway and the world. Find sheer

intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International,

this is To the Point. The New York Primary, a bare-knuckle brawl.

I'm Todd Purdom, sitting in for Warren Allney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio

International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. If you can make it there,

you can make it anywhere. That's what New Yorkers like to say about the Big Apple. And Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton seem determined to test the proposition in next week's primary.

He questions her judgment.

She says he can't explain his own economic plan.

Last night they traded Barbes on criminal justice, U.S. policy on Israel,

and the power of Wall Street banks.

Can Brooklyn-born Bernie pull off an upset against Hillary,

twice elected to the Senate from her adopted home state? We'll hear from experts on presidential

politics and reporters in the thick of the race. Today's talking point, the miracles of modern

global transportation, and the hidden price we pay for our morning coffee. First, here's the news.

Check out KCRW's all news channel,

News 24, programming from KCRW, NPR, the BBC, and more 24 hours a day. Go to KCRW.com slash news 24, or you can listen on KCRW's app.

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

I'm Todd Purdom, in for Warren Allney, back with To the Point. Later, we'll assess the

bitterly contested New York primary race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and their

latest hot-tempered debate. Then today's talking point, a nifty new book on the mysterious

...