Three recent favorites, in case you missed them.

2023 as defined by the words of the year (First) | Errol Louis looks back at the life and legacy of Mario Cuomo  (Starts at 25:35) | Historic firsts in national news (Starts at 1:00:20)

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For our final show in 2023, enjoy these recent favorites:

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A Plan to Strengthen Democracy in 2024 (Nov. 9)

Celebrating 20 Years of StoryCorps (Oct. 23)

Where One Neighborhood Ends and Another Begins (Nov. 2)

Jill Lepore on the Past and Present, the Personal and Political (Aug. 30)

Take A Walk With Me? (Sep 21)

How well did you pay attention to the news in 2023? It’s your chance to prove yourself on this end-of-the-year news quiz. Call in and win a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap if you answer questions correctly about local, national, and international news, plus pop culture, health and science, too. Weekend Edition host David Furst and All Of It's Alison Stewart join Brian to test your 2023 knowledge

"Rizz." "Authentic." "Hallucinate." Ben Zimmer, linguist, language columnist at The Wall Street Journal and chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, discusses what the words of the year chosen by various dictionaries and groups say about our language and culture, and previews the American Dialect Society's selection process for their word of the year.

Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021), rounds up the latest news from the GOP primary campaigns, Biden's White House, and more national headlines.

Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, shares his analysis of how the city's economy will do in 2024, especially as it relates to which jobs and sectors may thrive and which may struggle.

As the news and conversation around the Israel-Hamas war have been front and center for the last couple of months of the year, listeners call in to share some headlines from 2023 that may have slipped our collective minds.

For this long weekend, enjoy some of our recent favorite interviews:

These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity; the original web versions of the interviews are available through these links: 

Tracy K. Smith's Manifesto (Nov. 7)

A Climate Scientist's Optimism (Nov. 28)

Recognition, Dignity and Worth (Sep. 21)

Radio Rookies 2023: Gentrification Comes to The Bronx (Sep. 13)

Radio Rookies 2023: Learning What it Means to be Tibetan (Sep. 14)

Radio Rookies 2023: Changes Coming to Public Housing (Sep. 15)

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Father James Martin, SJ, on the significance of same-sex blessings for Catholics (First) | The winners of our 2023 Best Photo Contest (Starts at 18:55) | The social justice campaigns to make toys more diverse and less gendered (Starts at 36:30)

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NYC Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez (District 13, East Bronx including Throggs Neck, Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Pelham Bay, Pelham Gardens, Schuylerville, Country Club, Locust Point, and Westchester Square, as well as parts of Allerton and Van Nest) reflects on her tenure at City Hall and discusses the politics of housing development amid New York's dire housing shortage. The outgoing Council Member's decision to support a housing plan in her district has been cited as a key reason she lost the seat to Republican Kristy Marmorato.