KFF Health News' Julie Rovner discusses the latest over the battle in Congress over the fate of the Affordable Care Act.

City Councilmember Julie Menin, the likely new speaker, talks about her priorities for City Council and how she foresees her relationship with the incoming Mamdani administration will be.

"Rage bait." "Parasocial." "6-7." Ben Zimmer, linguist, language columnist, and chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, discusses what the words of the year chosen by various dictionaries like Oxford and Dictionary.com, and what the choices say about our language and culture.

Franklin Schneider, writer based in New York City, discusses his recent piece in The Atlantic, "When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?"

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

News and legal analysis of the latest Trump administration escalation in Venezuela where the United States seized several additional oil tankers.

After years of stalled plans for affordable housing near the Barclays Center, WNYC and Gothamist's David Brand reports on a new plan for housing at Atlantic Yards.

Gilbert Cruz, editor at The New York Times Book Review shares the five fiction and five non-fiction books from this year that made it into The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2024.

Jessica Grose talks about her recent essay, "What My Children Taught Me About Interfaith Tradition."

More on The United States' relationship with The European Union and why the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday.

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation and the author of The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last (Crown Currency, 2025), talks about how Wikipedia was able to rely on the "wisdom of the crowd" even as distrust climbed in the larger culture.

Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.

Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, on what we do—or perhaps don't do—when we take a social media holiday.

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from Mayor-elect Mamdani's transition plans.

Valerie Trapp, assistant editor at The Atlantic, discusses how grocery self-checkout lines are now often longer than the staffed ones, and listeners call in on when and why they have chosen the self-checkout option.

Tina Nguyen, senior reporter for The Verge and author of the Regulator newsletter, discusses Trump's latest efforts to stop states from regulating AI.

Elie Mystal reacts to the latest Supreme Court news, including the case on whether President Trump has the power to fire the top official on the Federal Trade Commission.

Rohan Goswami, business reporter at Semafor, discusses the recent merger talks for Paramount and Netflix to buy up parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, including news of Paramount’s "hostile" bid of $108 billion.

Spectrum News NY1 politics reporter Dan Rivoli discusses mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's announcement that he will end the practice of sweeping homeless encampments across the city.

Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health emerita at NYU and the author of many books, including her latest, What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters, talks about her newly revised classic and more.