On today's show:
- It's January 2024 and both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary are coming right up. Astead Herndon, New York Times national politics reporter, host of their politics podcast "The Run-Up" and CNN political analyst, offers analysis of where things stand with the presidential election.
- Newsday's Scott Eidler, political reporter, and investigative reporter Paul LaRocco talk about the special election for the House seat in New York's 3rd Congressional district that is up for grabs since George Santos was kicked out of Congress and discuss how both Democrat Tom Suozzi and Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip are campaigning.
- Stephen Porder, associate provost for sustainability and professor of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology at Brown University, co-founder of the radio show Possibly and the author of Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future (Princeton University Press, 2023), explains how five essential elements -- hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus -- have changed the climate and the earth, and how we might learn from them to prevent more destructive climate change in the future.
- Listeners call in to share their non-traditional new year's resolutions, especially those that are fun or community-minded instead of personal.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.