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Live Impeachment Coverage [View this email in your browser]( [This Week on WNYC]( This week, tune in for NPR's live coverage of the Senate impeachment proceedings. Get the latest on face mask best practices on The Brian Lehrer Show. And hear the first episode of The Experiment, the new podcast from The Atlantic and WNYC Studios. Get regular updates on the coronavirus crisis on [Gothamist.com]( and listen on WNYC 93.9 FM, AM 820 and [WNYC.org](. Featured [Photo of packaged respirator masks] [Face Mask Best Practices]( Brian takes listener questions on the safety of different kinds of masks with John Volckens, professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. [The Brian Lehrer Show]( [Slaying the Fox Monster]( On the Media explores the arguments for and against the de-platforming of Fox News, and where freedom of speech fits in. [On the Media]( [The 'Beautiful Experiments' Left Out of Black History]( Professor and MacArthur "Genius" Saidiya Hartman talks with Kai Wright about the young women whose radical lives were obscured by respectability politics. [The United States of Anxiety]( [How a COVID Vaccine Could Help Cancer Research]( Stephen Dubner looks at why it is still notoriously difficult to detect and treat cancer — and how the rapid development of the COVID vaccine has given cancer researchers some hope. [Freakonomics Radio]( [The Financial Future of Puerto Rico Under President Biden]( Tanzina Vega examines the state of federal aid going to Puerto Rico, and the new administration's economic plans for the island. [The Takeaway]( Hear a preview of [La Brega]( a podcast featuring stories of the Puerto Rican experience from WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios, launching on Feb 24. [Can the Next Mayor Fix NYC's Affordable Housing Crisis?]( Learn where the 2021 mayoral candidates stand on the housing issues facing New York City. [Gothamist]( Stay on top of Gothamist's updates on the city's response to COVID-19 [here](. Coming Up This Week [photo of the U.S. Capitol building] Starting WED • 93.9 FM • AM 820 • Streaming on WNYC.org Senate Impeachment Coverage Stay with WNYC for NPR's live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Starting noon on Wednesday, House impeachment managers and Trump’s lawyers will begin to argue their respective cases. [WNYC]( WED • 9 am • AM 820 | TheTakeaway.org Uncovering Surprise COVID Fees Tanzina Vega looks at how some businesses are hitting consumers with COVID-related surcharges to close revenue gaps caused by the pandemic. [The Takeaway]( THU • 8 pm • 93.9 FM • AM 820 America, Are We Ready for the First 100 Days? Join Brian Lehrer and WNYC legal analyst Jami Floyd for a national, live, call-in show as the impeachment trial continues. Hear the latest from the floor, analysis of the day in the Senate, and your calls. [America, Are We Ready?]( Events ["Punishment & Profit" title logo] The Greene Space's new Artist-in-Residence, Bianca Tylek, presents [Punishment & Profit]( series featuring in-depth looks and first-hand insights into the prison industrial complex. Each Tuesday through May 4, advocates, journalists, attorneys and academics discuss the business of punishment, account for its consequences today and explore visions for a different future. - Tonight at 7pm: [Architecture + Construction]( - Februrary 16 at 7pm: [Operations + Management]( - February 23 at 7pm: [Personnel]( - March 2 at 7pm: [Programs + Labor]( --------------------------------------------------------------- February 17 at 8pm, The Greene Space and Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) present [Uncle Nearest: Untold Stories Behind the Whiskey Still]( virtual exploration of the overlooked history of African American distillers. February 19 at 7pm, Catalyst Quartet commences a trio of [performances with the work of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor](. Joining them will be New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill. February 25 at 7pm, the Get Lit with All of It book club, in partnership with New York Public Library, brings author Mateo Askaripour, host Alison Stewart and readers together for [a livestream conversation and audience Q&A]( around his debut novel, Black Buck. All livestream events and encore video streams of The Greene Space "Ever-Greenes" will continue to be available free for on-demand viewing at [thegreenespace.org]( [Facebook]( and [YouTube](. Podcasts From WNYC Studios [Bizarre Eden-like landscape featuring the American flag, the Statue of Liberty rising from a lake, and a giant bald eagle] [The Loophole]( The Experiment, a new weekly podcast from The Atlantic and WNYC, explores the powerful ideas that shaped the United States — and what happens when those ideas collide with peoples’ everyday lives. In Episode 1, "The Loophole," the show talks to an elk hunter who stumbled into a "zone of death" in Yellowstone National Park where, technically, because of a legal glitch in the Constitution, you could get away with murder. [The Experiment]( [The Medical Craze Behind "Mesmerize"]( Science Diction is back with a new season all about mind control. It kicks off with the peculiar methods of the late 18th-century doctor Franz Anton Mesmer. [Science Diction]( [What the Border Taught Norma Elia Cantú About Being Free]( The 74-year-old writer talks with Anna Sale about growing up in Laredo, Texas, and the three family deaths that changed her life. [Death, Sex & Money]( [Make Sense of the Day's News in 20 Minutes]( Indoor dining will return to the five boroughs on Friday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Today, hear from servers and bartenders who say the prospect of serving maskless patrons indoors makes them nervous. Consider This, a daily podcast from NPR and WNYC, offers a quick, in-depth take on the day's news, with national coverage from NPR and essential local stories from the WNYC newsroom. A new episode drops every weekday at 5pm. [Subscribe to your local edition of Consider This]( 5 Most Popular Articles This Week 1. [Losing Families to QAnon | The Brian Lehrer Show]( 2. [Racial Disparities in NYC's Vaccine Rollout; The Mayor's Job; Aging...in a Pandemic | The Brian Lehrer Show]( 3. [NYC Kindergarten Teacher Pens Black Lives Matter Activity Book for Kids | WNYC News]( 4. [Tom Brady and the Super Bowl, Waste, 'Celebrated 1895-1896,' Watch Party Preview: 'Lupin' | All of It]( 5. [What We Know About the New COVID Variants | The Brian Lehrer Show]( Copyright © 2021 New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. You are on this list because you signed up to receive mail from WNYC. 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