On Thursday, eighth-graders bound for New York City public high schools received their admission offers. Listeners call in to debrief.

Tyler Pager, Washington Post White House reporter, offers analysis of President Biden's State of the Union address, amid high election year stakes.

In this membership-drive mini-series, we get to know about hobbies and building skills and finding communities for fun. Today, David Bresnick, president of the U.S. Professional Mahjong League and founder of the mahjong event space Sparrow's Nest Studio in Manhattan, shares his passion for mahjong.

Christian Paz, senior politics reporter for Vox, offers analysis of California's Senate primary, where Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican (and former LA Dodgers star) Steve Garvey emerged as the top two candidates and will now face each other in the general election.

The Adams administration has made budget cuts that are affecting the number of available seats in 3K and pre-k. Jessica Gould, WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about where the cuts leave the program, which was the signature achievement of Mayor Adams's predecessor, and what it means for families with young children looking for a break on childcare costs.

Listeners try their hand at a ten-question quiz about New York City mayors from recent -- and more distant-- history.

Charan Ranganath, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Davis, where he leads their Dynamic Memory Lab, and the author of Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters (Doubleday, 2024), explains what we know about remembering and forgetting.

In this membership-drive mini-series, we get to know about hobbies and building skills and finding communities for fun. Today, Robyn Mierzwa, owner and founder of Makeville Studio in Gowanus, shares her passion for woodworking.

Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, plus other city news from the week.

Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast "You Decide," shares his analysis of Super Tuesday results including breaking news that Nikki Haley has suspended her 2024 election campaign.