WNYC's Holiday Hit List
For many New Yorkers, the holiday season is a hustle. Shopping. Parties. Food. Shopping. Family. Travel. More shopping. But if you have the time, check out some of the city's most festive wintertime...
View ArticleLast Minute Shopping Success Stories
Amanda Butler decided to start her day early. She came out to Soho at 8 in the morning and was surprised to see the stores were not as crowded as she thought they would be.About five hours later,...
View ArticleThis Weeks's Agenda: Super Committee, Euro Crisis, Thanksgiving
The week starts out on an ominous note as the Congressional "super committee" charged with reducing the national debt announces that they will not reach a deal. What went wrong during their...
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The Operavore 2011 Gift Guide
I love holidays, especially when it comes to gift-giving. I love finding that perfect gift and, while the secret to really good gift-giving is not imposing your agenda on someone else's presents, it's...
View ArticleThe Brian Lehrer Show Holiday Shopping Guide
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Where Astronauts Do Their Christmas Shopping
Festive Space Shuttle with Holiday WreathThis holiday season if you’re looking for something that is unique to Central Florida you might want go where astronauts stop off to do their shopping. Yep,...
View ArticleWin Win for Retail
Catherine Ruetschlin, policy analyst at Demos and the author of the study Retail's Hidden Potential: How Raising Wages Would Benefit Workers, the Industry and the Overall Economy, calls for higher...
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2012 WQXR Holiday Gift Guide
As the holidays approach, let us help you find that perfect present for the classical music fans on your list.Under $25The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human ImaginationAlready heralded...
View ArticleWhat Are You Buying Online: Your Tweets
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View ArticleHoliday Gifts: Books
James Hannaham, Village Voice book reviewer and the author of the novel God Says No, shares what books he'd give as gifts this holiday season. What books are you giving as gifts this year? Post here or...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Brick-and-Mortar Shopping
Last week, listeners called in to talk about what they buy online. Now, let's hear it for face-to-face holiday shopping. Tell us why your brick-and-mortar store is the place to shop, and give shoppers...
View ArticleTablets This Holiday Season
Farhad Manjoo, Slate technology columnist, has advice and recommendations for tablets this holiday season. If you bought one, what tipped the scales for you when deciding what to buy?
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The 2013 Operavore Gift Guide
Are you making a list and checking it twice? If not, it’s time to get snapping. Operavore can help you choose holiday treats – recordings, books and DVD – that will tickle the fancy of even the most...
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Behold! A Holiday Buyer's Guide For Music Lovers
It's a difficult spot to be in –you like music, the people on your gift list like music, but giving someone a bunch of digital audio files is kinda lame. Have no fear, Soundcheckhas put together a...
View ArticleThe Perks Of Cell Phone Hell
If you've stepped into a mobile phone store recently, you know the cell phone market is not exactly dummy-proof right now. Carriers have created a series of charts and graphs to explain a newly...
View ArticleDemocrats in the Opposition; Holiday Shopping Guide; Battlefield Inside...
Coming up on today's show:Eric Lipton, New York Times investigative reporter in the Washington bureau, and David Folkenflik, NPR Media Correspondent, review the tough editorial decisions that media...
View ArticleHoliday #ShopListener Gift Guide
Listeners call-in with recommendations of their independent, locally-owned stores to support during this holiday shopping season.Here's our #ShopListener Gift Guide for this year:The Hand Stuff is an...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: The Kavanaugh Impeachment Connection; Radio Rookies &...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.How Impeachment Connects with Kavanaugh (First) | When Did You Realize You Were Black? (Starts at 39:37) | #Shop Listener Gift...
View ArticleIs COVID-19 Changing How We Spend Our Money?
Black Friday is just around the corner. Though it's normally the biggest shopping day of the season, it's going to look a lot different this year due to the pandemic. There will be fewer so-called...
View Article2021 'Shop Listener' Gift Guide
Vaccines mean that we can gather more safely for the holidays than last year. But the impacts of the pandemic recession are still very much with us. It's been an especially hard time for small...
View ArticleLet’s Call This 'Be Nice To Retail Workers Day'
On Today's Black Friday Show:Listeners who work in retail call in to talk about what this holiday shopping season looks like from their perspective.
View ArticleUnprepared for Omicron; Climate Change Around the World; #ShopListener; Ask...
On today's show:Ed Yong, staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers science, joins to discuss the news on the Omicron variant and why he believes it "poses a far graver threat" to American society...
View ArticleShop Listener 2022 Edition
Shop Listener is back for a new holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their businesses ahead of the holidays for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide. Help us build our online...
View Article2022 'Shop Listener' Gift Guide
The holiday season is a time when a lot of money changes hands. As we wrestle with what to get our loved ones, and to whom we should give our dollars for those gifts, we wanted you to keep in mind your...
View ArticleShop Listener 2022 Edition: Day 2
Shop Listener is back for a new holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their businesses ahead of the holidays, for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.
View ArticleShop Listener 2022 Edition: Day 3
Shop Listener is back for a new holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their businesses ahead of the holidays for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.
View ArticleShop Listener 2022 Edition: Day 4
Shop Listener is back for a new holiday season. In this edition, we're highlighting unique experiences people can buy for their loved ones. Listeners call in to shout out the experiences they're...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; NYC Brings Online Therapy to Teenagers; Latest on...
On today's show: Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, recaps the latest political news after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, commissioner of...
View ArticleShop Listener 2023: Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island
Shop Listener is back for the 2023 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their brick-and-mortar businesses located in Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island ahead of the holidays, for a Brian...
View ArticleShop Listener 2023: LI, Westchester & CT
Shop Listener is back for the 2023 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their brick-and-mortar businesses located on Long Island, Connecticut and Westchester (& suburbs further north)...
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