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A weekly half-hour program featuring interviews with significant men and women from a variety of fields: officeholders and activists, economists, labor leaders, writers and artists.... more
FAQs about CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV:How many episodes does CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV have?The podcast currently has 258 episodes available.
June 16, 2020Chancellor Félix Matos Rodriguez on the Future of CUNYThe City University of New York's Chancellor, Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, talks with Bob Herbert about how the nation's largest urban public university system is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, the affects the pandemic has had on the students and faculty, budget concerns, as well as the lessons CUNY can learn from the racial justice protests as it looks to the future....more26minPlay
May 19, 2020David Daley on Unrigging the SystemGuest David Daley talks with Bob about the issues surrounding the 2020 Presidential Election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as his new book "UNRIGGED: How Americans are Battling Back to Save Democracy."...more25minPlay
May 05, 2020Jeff Madrick on Child Poverty in AmericaBob welcomes Jeff Madrick, economist, journalist, and author of the new book Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, to discuss why among large wealthy nations, the United States has the highest child poverty rate in the world. This issue is made even more consequential currently, with the high unemployment rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic....more26minPlay
March 24, 2020Thomas McDonnell on the Criminalization of Asylum SeekersThomas McDonnell, Professor of Law at Pace University, discusses how the Trump administration has taken steps to criminalize the act of seeking asylum in the United States. Professor McDonnell is the co-author of a recent study in the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, entitled “Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum Seekers,” and tells Bob Herbert how these latest policies go against the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention, and put asylum seekers directly in harms way.s...more26minPlay
March 10, 2020Dr. Julie Suk on the Future of the Equal Rights AmendmentWe thought the long effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment had effectively been defeated back in 1982. Well, not so fast. The issue has re-emerged and the fight goes on. Bob’s guest, Dr. Julie Suk, an expert on the ERA, and a professor of sociology and political science at The CUNY Graduate Center, thinks we need to adjust the way we look at the ERA. She’d like us to adopt a perspective that focuses more on the real-world needs of women in the 21st century....more26minPlay
February 03, 2020Eleanor Randolph on The Many Lives of Michael BloombergMichael Bloomberg is one of the world’s wealthiest individuals. He was mayor of New York City for 12 extremely consequential years. He’s now running for president of the United States, and he’s the subject of a compelling new biography, “The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg.” Author Eleanor Randolph, a former member of the New York Times editorial board, discusses her in-depth look at Bloomberg's life, from modest beginnings to billionaire and presidential candidate....more26minPlay
January 21, 2020Tackling the Rise of Anti-Semitism Locally and NationallyOne of the most disheartening aspects of the current era is the rise of anti-Semitism, including here in the United States and right here in the New York metropolitan area. Bob talks about the causes of this devastating surge in hatred, and what we can do about it, with guests Hindy Poupko, the deputy chief planning officer at UJA-Federation of New York; and Evan Bernstein, the New York/New Jersey regional director of the Anti-Defamation League....more26minPlay
January 06, 2020The Loss of Local News with Suzanne NosselBob is joined by Suzanne Nossel, chief executive of PEN America, an organization that has taken a deep dive into the decline of local news coverage in the United States, and the disturbing consequences of that decline. The two discuss PEN America’s new report with the disturbing title, “Losing the News: The Decimation of Local Journalism and the Search for Solutions.”...more26minPlay
January 06, 2020Sam Roberts on New York’s Historic BuildingsThe city of New York is endlessly fascinating, and much of its history is hiding in plain sight all around us. Bob is joined by an old friend and longtime colleague, who has written a wonderful new book that takes us on a surprise-filled tour of the city and reveals some of that extraordinary history. He’s Sam Roberts, the urban affairs correspondent of The New York Times, and his book is titled “A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of An American Metropolis.”...more27minPlay
November 25, 2019Dr. Carl Van Horn on the Reality of U.S. Employment FiguresWe keep being told that the economy is great. It’s true that unemployment is at a near half-century low, and inflation is also low, but if the economy is so good, why do so many people feel financially insecure? Bob talks about all of this and more with guest Dr. Carl Van Horn, an expert on employment issues and the founding director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University....more26minPlay
FAQs about CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV:How many episodes does CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV have?The podcast currently has 258 episodes available.