Liza Donnelly, cartoonist at The New Yorker and the author of Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022), talks about some of the women whose cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker over the years, plus how the field has changed through its history.

→EVENT:  Liza Donnelly will speak about the book with fellow New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast, Amy Hwang, and Emily Flake on Friday, March 25th at 7 pm at the 92nd St Y.  Ticket info here.

1. The first cartoon by a woman to appear in The New Yorker:

Olatunde Johnson, faculty director for the Center for Constitutional Governance and the Jerome B. Sherman professor of law at Columbia Law School, discusses how the start of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing for a spot on the Supreme Court is going so far.

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The majority of the New York City Council members are new, and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Kevin Riley talks about his priorities for District 12, which includes Wakefield, Olinville, Edenwald, Eastchester, Williamsbridge, Baychester, and Co-op City.

Catch up with all the interviews here.

The actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, released an emotional video where he tries to reach Russian people with the truth about the invasion of Ukraine. Listeners with ties to Russia call in to share how they are reaching their friends and families members in Russia who don't have access to the full truth of Putin's invasion.

Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, and Josefa Velásquez, senior reporter for THE CITY, talk about the latest polls in New York's 2022 race for governor, and listeners call-in with their top three contenders.

Edward Sorel, illustrator and author of Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir (Knopf, 2021), talks about his life and his lefty political commentary, delivered through his art.

EVENT: Ed Sorel will be in conversation with Dan Okrent Tuesday, March 22 at Rizzoli Bookstore (Broadway btw 25th/26th Streets), at 6pm. Registration here.