NPR Legal Reporter Nina Totenberg Talks Politics; #AskTheSpeaker; 30 Issues: Ethics; The 23rd Amendment
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Coming up on today’s show
- Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent, on the latest headlines out of Washington, D.C.
- New York City Council Speaker, Corey Johnson, discusses issues in the City Council and answers listeners questions for #AskTheSpeaker.
- Suzanne Nossel, PEN America chief executive officer, talks about the group’s lawsuit filed against President Trump over what they say are threats against journalists and a violation of the First Amendment.
- For #30 Issues today the topic is ethics reform. Walter Shaub, senior adviser at the watchdog group CREW and former Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, on would a Democratic majority in Congress drain the swamp and the deepening need for ethics reform.
- Radiolab producer, Julia Longoria, on the new album from their spin-off More Perfect and the 23rd Amendment.