It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom,

filling in for Brian today.

Later in the show today, we're going to have two conversations about young people and work. First, just after 11 a.m. we'll talk about teenagers deciding to learn a trade like plumbing or HVAC instead of heading to a four-year college for an often expensive

liberal arts degree. Then to wrap today's show we'll talk about babysitting.

It was once the quintessential first job, especially for girls, myself included.

But an article in the Atlantic looks at why it's hard to even find a teenager willing to babysit these days,

or maybe it's that it's hard to find a parent willing to

trust them and right after this conversation we'll talk to our own

Nancy Solomon who will recap last night's Ask Governor Murphy conversation

so New Jersey callers we're going to want to hear from you in about half an hour.

But first, House Speaker Mike Johnson is less than five months into his tenure.

The Louisiana Republican was the party's fourth choice

after they ousted Kevin McCarthy and he's faced no shortage of challenges trying to

corral his own members and lead the house through a series of issues.

Aid to Ukraine, funding to keep the government from shutting down.

And just yesterday, a stalemate over renewing a warrantless surveillance law that intelligence officials say is essential

to their ability to prevent terror attacks on the U.S.

At this point Johnson is facing a backlash from far right members of his own party who say he's giving too much

ground to President Biden and the Democrats. Joining us now to unpack the

latest from the Capitol is Luke Broadwater who covers Congress for the New York Times

with a focus on investigations.

Luke, welcome back to the show.

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