Football, Masculinity and Violence Against Women

The Rich Interior Lives of Dogs [View this email in your browser]( Hear why overdose deaths are down citywide, except in East Harlem. Find out where the Democratic presidential candidates stand on climate policy. Immerse yourself in the music and fashions of The Supremes with Ms. Mary Wilson. And revisit the world of The Godfather with James Caan. Featured [Correction Staff at ICE Jail Skirted Rules with Mentally Ill Detainee Who Hanged Himself]( An exclusive investigation by The Takeaway, in partnership with The Intercept, shows staff did not follow the ICE national detention standards during the classification process, the disciplinary process and even on the night Efraín Romero killed himself. [The Takeaway]( [Marianne Williamson Would Like to Clarify]( The self-help author talks with David Remnick about her unorthodox campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination. [The New Yorker Radio Hour]( [Overdose Death Rates Go Down Citywide — But Rise Sharply in East Harlem]( People — especially Latino men — in East Harlem, Crotona and the South Bronx are dying not from opioids, but from overdosing on cocaine and fentanyl. [WNYC News]( [Lead Paint Concerns Remain as NYC Kids Head Back to School]( More than 1,800 classrooms across the city have been found to have deteriorated lead paint, causing alarm among many parents who will be sending children off on Thursday for the first day of school. [Gothamist]( [Football Feminist]( NFL veteran Don McPherson talks about football, masculinity and violence against women in his book, You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity. [The Brian Lehrer Show]( Coming Up This Week THU • noon • 93.9 FM • AM 820 Dog Days of Late Summer Alexandra Horowitz, director of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College and author of Our Dogs, Ourselves, talks about the rich interior lives of dogs and why we love them. And she'll take your calls. [All of It]( WED • 7 pm • 93.9 FM • AM 820 Ask Governor Murphy Tune in tonight for our live monthly call-in special with New Jersey governor Phil Murphy. Newark’s drinking water, taxes, education — submit your question now. [WNYC Special]( THU • 10 am • 93.9 FM • AM 820 Where They Stand on Climate Change Get excerpts and reactions to Wednesday’s climate town halls, in which 10 of the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls showcased their climate policy proposals. [The Brian Lehrer Show]( SAT • 2 pm • AM 820 | 4 pm • 93.9 FM Notes From an Imperfect Paradise At a live show in Los Angeles, Stephen Dubner welcomes L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti, an earthquake expert, the head of the Port of L.A. and a scientist with NASA’s Planetary Protection team. 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