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City Proposes Halving Cost of Tennis Permits
In an effort to make tennis more accessible, New York City is proposing to cut the cost of an annual adult tennis permit from $200 to $100. New registrants would also able to buy permits online....
View ArticleWeights and Measures
How do we measure the world around us? Today we size things up: from universal standards for measuring mass, to the social cues that help us understand other people’s behavior. But what if our rules of...
View ArticleWQXR's 2016 Classical Countdown
Every year WQXR asks listeners: "What is your favorite piece of classical music?" Based on your responses, we'll close out 2016 by counting down the 100 most-requested pieces.Right now we're tallying...
View ArticleWhy So Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated
A new report published by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law called, “Unnecessarily Incarcerated,” estimates that America could release 39% of its total prison population with little...
View ArticleKeep Dreaming: White Christmas Unlikely This Year. Again.
With the weather service predicting temperatures in the mid-40s this weekend, it's a safe bet there won't be an inch of snow on the ground in New York City — and yet another year without a white...
View ArticleBig Pharma's Hold on Your Body
Jonathan Capehart guest hosts today!Adam Tanner, author and fellow at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, joins us to discuss his new book Our Bodies Our Data: How Companies...
View ArticleIn Praise of Maintenance
Season 6, Episode 19On this week's episode of Freakonomics Radio: Our society is obsessed with innovation, which has a pretty high cost.Stephen J. Dubner got obsessed with the notion of maintenance,...
View ArticleDocumenting Hate: Building an Authoritative Source on Bias Crimes
After the election of Donald Trump, images of possible hate crimes popped up in social and traditional media — and some law enforcement agencies reported an uptick in such incidents.But a lack of solid...
View ArticleAsk the Mayor; How Billionaires Bankroll the Politics; What the Media Missed...
Coming up today:Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.Josh Dawsey, White House reporter with Politico, formerly a NYC City Hall reporter with...
View ArticleWhy the Media Missed a Close Race
Nate Silver, founder and editor-in-chief of ESPN's data journalism site FiveThirtyEight, looks back at what journalists — including the data crunchers at FiveThirtyEight and campaign reporters at major...
View ArticleCovering the White House: “Who Ya Gonna Believe?”
The media’s relationship with a President has never been more contentious than in this Administration. Journalists are struggling to keep up with hard-to-believe news and what Kellyanne Conway...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: The Power Behind Trump, Nate Silver on What the Media...
Hear three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The Power Behind Trump (First) | Nate Silver on What the Media Missed (Starts at 40:37) | Nonpolitical Millennials (Starts at...
View ArticleTrying to Get Around in the Snow? Here's Our Transit Tracker
New York City has been covered with a blanket of snow today, and National Weather Service meteorologist Carlie Buccola says it's best to stay inside if you can. According to the Service, areas around...
View ArticleDiplomacy by Tweet
Ryan Crocker is a longtime diplomat who has served as the ambassador to several Middle Eastern countries, and John McLaughlin was the deputy director of the C.I.A. under Presidents Bill Clinton and...
View ArticleMembers of Congress Face Constituents During Recess
Setauket resident Tali Hinkis has questions for her representative in Congress, Republican Lee Zeldin.“Why, for example, is he supporting of allowing guns in schools zones in our district?" Hinkis...
View ArticleRide Sharing Apps Are Contributing to Congestion in the City, New Report Finds
Ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft have doubled in use every year since 2013, and tripled last year, according to a new report by traffic expert Bruce Schaller.In 2015 Schaller advised the city that...
View ArticleWhere They Stand: Congress and the Republican Healthcare Bill
Millions of Americans will experience major changes to their health coverage if both chambers of Congress pass the Republican health care bill that's currently under consideration in the House of...
View ArticleTell Us Things We Don't Already Know
Stephen Dubner, host of WNYC's Freakonomics and the host of the new Tell Me Something I Don't Know podcast, grills listeners who call in to share an interesting fact worth knowing — whether the results...
View ArticleMAP: Find the Lead-Tainted Water Fountains in NYC Schools
Over the last several weeks and months, public school parents in New York City have received letters explaining that water fixtures in their children’s schools tested positive for lead. Remember, this...
View ArticleTrolling the Press Corps
Lucian Wintrich, a young blogger, was recently appointed as the White House correspondent for the conservative political site Gateway Pundit. He has no professional experience as a reporter and doesn’t...
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