April 3, 2011

Broadcast Date: 
Apr 3 2011

 Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh on what the expiration of rent stabilization laws could mean for New York City; Rashid Khalidi and Lizzy Ratner on the return of the Goldstone Report; and Dan Fishback on his solo show about AIDS and the Holocaust — that manages to be funny.

Episode segments
  • The Rent is Too Damn High
    New York Politics, Housing
     New York State Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh
    Marissa Brostoff and Kiera Feldman

    New York's rent stabilization laws, in effect for almost seven decades, expire soon--and this time, they might not be renewed. We talk with Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh about what this means for New Yorkers.

  • The Legacy of the Goldstone Report
    American Politics, Foreign Policy, Israeli Politics, Israel/Palestine, Palestinian Politics, Occupation, Jewish
     Journalist Lizzy Ratner, coeditor of The Goldstone Report, and Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi, a contributor, discuss the legacy of the report--and how it might have changed since Judge Richard Goldstone's recent thoughts about the possibility of Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
    Marissa Brostoff and Kiera Feldman
  • Dan Fishback's Thirtynothing
     Performance artist Dan Fishback
    Marissa Brostoff and Kiera Feldman

    Dan Fishback talks with us about his new solo show Thirtynothing, a serious comedy about AIDS, the Holocaust, and growing up gay and Jewish in the '80s. See it April 9-11 at Brooklyn Arts Exchange.