Happy 130th Birthday Brooklyn Bridge! The NYPR Archives offers some flashbacks to previous BB celebrations as well as unilaterally declaring this Bridge and Tunnel Week with other city connectors.Bridge and Tunnel Weekwww.wnyc.orgThe Brooklyn Bridge was opened 130 years ago today. To mark the anniversary we've pulled together some choice archival moments from past bridge celebrations. We also felt that it was a good time to reflect on all the links that make New York City greater than the sum its parts. So, the WNYC Archives...

Before you leave the house this holiday weekend, check out our live traffic map.Transportation Nation - Your NY-NJ-CT Live Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Mapt.coSummer's here, such as it is. Pretty much everyone is thinking about getting out of New York City. We're going to make it easier.

Our guide to Memorial Day: The best of the boroughs, day by day.Features - WNYC's Complete Guide to Memorial Daywww.wnyc.orgWe've broken down the best of the boroughs day by day - so you have no excuse to do nothing.

Today in 1950 on WNYC, feminist psychoanalyst Dr. Karen Horney on the subject of love.Miscellaneous - Dr. Karen HorneyThis episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Dr. Karen Horney presents a lecture on the role of love in human growth and development of the personality. Discussion of different neurosis related to love and personal relationsh...

Do you have advice for new bikers in New York City? We want to hear from you. Submit your tips:Cumming: "Dont look up while riding."Actor Alan Cumming says take in the vertical beauty of NYC by looking skyward. But save the visual exploration for firm footing.

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"I just don't buy the idea that progressives don't want better tax policy, lower crime..." Anthony Weiner was on the Brian Lehrer show this morning. Listen to the interview:

Today in 1952 former Senator John Foster Dulles delivers classic cold war foreign policy address to the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Among other things, he accuses Americans of becoming 'self-indulgent' and not properly preparing for the future in the struggle against the Soviet Union.News - John Foster Dulles : Foreign Policy NeedsThis episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. John Foster Dulles speaks on the foreign policy needs of the United States. Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 68700Municipal archives id...

Listen to the entire forthcoming album from the New Orleans trumpeter in its entirety.The Soundcheck Blog - Check Ahead: Kermit Ruffins, 'We Partyin' Traditional Style!'soundcheck.wnyc.orgIf there's one thing that fans of the television show Treme know about Kermit Ruffins, it's that the guy likes to party.

Dog in shades! We're getting some great stories and photos from people mapping their beach memories. Add yours:

Our coast check team is in Highlands, New Jersey today, where the city is considering a big idea that locals hope will alleviate the extreme flooding they saw during Sandy.

A new study shows that most people are not fully satisfied with the state of their friendships. What about you? How many "real" friends do you have? What do you look for in a friend? Listen to this segment with the co-founder of Lifeboat, a new organization that explores the "art and science of friendship."

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On WNYC today in 1926, the Jewish Daily Forward's first radio show.WNYC Archives & Preservation - First Jewish Daily Forward Radio Program is on WNYCwww.wnyc.orgContrary to prevailing belief, the Jewish Daily Forward's first radio program was not on WEVD (a leader in Jewish and Yiddish radio programming in the 1930s and 40s), but on WNYC!  The Yiddish newspaper marked the May 21, 1926 broadcast nine days later by printing the photos...

David Sedaris was in the studio yesterday talking about writing about his family, living abroad, and keeping a diary.

Hear the entrancing new album from the India-born, New York-based vocalist Falu.A Thirst To Be In Love Forever: Falu, 'Foras Road'soundcheck.wnyc.orgFalu has made a name for herself blending Hindustani classical music with pop — both on her own and with collaborators like Yo Yo Ma, Phillip Glass and Wyclef Jean.

Come to The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR on June 12 for a night of music, storytelling and conversation with comedian Tig Notaro, "30 Rock" composer and producer Jeff Richmond and funk group Robert Randolph & The Family Band. Tickets:

Katherine Goldstein, innovations editor at Slate, talks to Brian Lehrer about her own lean in circle and takes your calls on whether you've started to see the issue differently.Are You Leaning In?www.wnyc.orgFacebook's Sheryl Sandberg book, Lean In, came out ago and inspired another chapter in a national dialogue on women in the workplace.

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"My husband proposed to me on the beach in Breezy Point." We're kicking off a five-day tour of the shore this week and mapping your beach memories. Pin your old photos and stories onto our map ator call 855-8-MY-WNYC to tell us your shore stories.

Substance abuse and mental illness are often among the factors typically associated with homelessness, but neither of those applied to U.S. Navy veteran Javonni Harper. She and her two young children lived out of their car this past summer when she struggled to find a job after leaving the Navy.Homeless Women Vets Face Tougher StrugglesHomelessness among female veterans is on the rise in the United States, even as the overall rate of homelessness among veterans is going down.

55 years ago today it's Van Cliburn Day in New York City and WNYC covers the young Texan's triumphant return to America.Annotations: The NEH Preservation Project - Van Cliburn's Musical Diplomacy Eases Tense U.S.-Soviet.www.wnyc.orgTexas, Moscow, and New York meet in this extended coverage of Van Cliburn Day, May 20, 1958, after Cliburn's unexpected victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition.

Our thoughts are with those affected the recent tornadoes. We're watching the local live coverage from Moore, Oklahoma:

We're mapping your memories of the beach, from childhood to Sandy. Add your own:

A Brooklyn Surfer's Return to the RockawaysFrom WNYC's Know Your Neighbor series.

Today through July 1, you can share why your NYC branch library should win one of the five $10,000 awards as Brian Lehrer explores the issues facing public libraries today with a range of guests. Vote for your library today:

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. That's the title of David Sedaris's new book. He happens to be Leonard Lopate's guest today AND we happen to have his book available for a pledge of $100 to WNYC. Tune in, and then chip in to our spring pledge drive.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Tumblr users, what do you most fear will change in the Yahoo! acquisition? Leave a comment or call 855-8-MY-WNYC, we may use some of your comments on air.New Tech City Blog - In Boost for Silicon Alley, Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1BThe board of the long-faltering tech giant Yahoo has reportedly agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr, a New York-based social blogging platform with more than a hundred million blogs and a young, engaged user base. The deal might just make Yahoo hip again.

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Heard on WNYC today in 1965, women pilots get an earful of male bombast.Annotations: The NEH Preservation Project - Girls Who Fly: 1965 Angel Derby Pilots Are Told Sexism DThis Overseas Press Club conference is a reminder of the unfortunately routine institutionalized gender oppression in American industry. Featuring deft pilots in the Angel Derby, an all-female air race from New York to the Bahamas, this panel's male moderator and reporters dole out condescension and...

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The trickle of network TV viewers that has been lost year over year became a sharp drop, nearly 20% of viewers in the 18-to-49 demographic. What do you think: Do you watch any network television shows?Studio 360 - Is Network TV Dead Yet?“Networks have lost the war for buzz and their stranglehold on pop culture.”

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Brooke talks with University of Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone who says, unprecedented or not, the DOJ's actions this week were certainly legal.On The Media - Conservative Bloggers Vindicated, Advice for Leakers, and MoreSome vindication for conservative bloggers in the IRS scandal, advice for sources after the AP call-record seizure, the Bloomberg Terminal scandal, and what the people thought the newspaper industry would look like in the future.

71 years ago today over WNYC Mayor La Guradia delights in the NYPD smashing of pinball machines, among other things.Talk to the People - May 17, 1942This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. From Municipal Archives catalog: Dimming of NYC lights, police raids on pin ball machines, helmets for police and air raid wardens. Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNY...

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Kirsten Gillibrand was on Brian Lehrer this morning talking about her proposed legislation to deal with the crisis on military sexual assault and fighting cuts to food stamps.Sen. Gillibrand: Military Justice; Food Stamps Cuts; Morewww.wnyc.org"Our bill is going to take the reporting and decision making out of the chain of command so victims can feel their case will be handled properly by a trained prosecutor."

QUESTION OF THE DAY: The NYPD has proposed encircling the WTC site with guard booths, vehicle barricades, and sidewalk barriers. Do you think the new WTC should be knit into Lower Manhattan or ringed with security?

Joe Nocera of the New York Times and Rana Foroohar of Time magazine weigh in on whether college is still worth the investment in this age of exorbitant tuition and skyrocketing debt.How Much is a College Education Really Worth?As higher education has gotten more expensive, total student debt has risen to more than a trillion dollars — second only to mortgage debt.

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A great summer jam should be hooky, escapist, and also great for blasting and belting along to—all qualities that turn up in this new song from the Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Savoir Adore. Listen:

Comedian Jim Gaffigan on raising five children in a two-bedroom, five-story walk-up on the Bowery.Comedian Jim Gaffigan: Dad Is Fatwww.wnyc.orgGaffigan's new book, Dad Is Fat, is reminiscent of Bill Cosby’s Fatherhood, and is a humorous cry for help from a man who has realized he and his wife are outnumbered.

John Catsimatidis is super-rich, off-the-cuff, at times a little odd, and totally enmeshed in political life.Grocery Magnate Catsimatidis' Outsider, Establishment Campaignwww.wnyc.orgJohn Catsimatidis, best known as the owner of Gristides, is running a self-financed campaign for mayor. It has all the trappings of a quixotic, longshot bid — except he's got many friends in the political establishment.

A train service will be restored to the Rockaways on May 30.

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Today in 1955 WNYC's media maven Gilbert Seldes talks about popular songs and quotes Irving Berlin as saying he envies the success of "Yes We Have No Bananas."The Lively Arts - [Popular songs]www.wnyc.orgThis episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Seldes discusses popular songs. He calls this one of the less controversial lively arts. He notes, however, that recently "rock and roll" music has elicited some outcry because of…

As the inaugural class at Cornell NYC Tech wraps up its first semester, we checked in with the school's founding dean Dan Huttenlocher.Dean at Cornell NYC Tech Dishes on First SemesterWe find out the real-world skills stressed in the curriculum, the school's mission and what's being done to attract more women to the one-year program.

Did you know that Fred Armisen was in the Blue Man Group? Neither did we until he mentioned it to Alec Baldwin on this episode of Here's The Thing.Here's The Thing - Fred ArmisenArmisen has been a punk rock drummer, currently he’s a cast member on Saturday Night Live and is also the co-creator and co-star of IFC’s Portlandia.

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