This is the central question of News Nerds, published by Oxford University Press. This interview ran on the What’s What podcast from WFUV News on July 21, 2025.

On this date in 1965, Bob Dylan plugged in and went electric in concert for the first time at the Newport Folk Festival. Today we're doing the opposite — going acoustic. Share an acoustic ...

Subways are getting some much-needed upgrades to serve disabled New Yorkers. On Tuesday, June 22, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced accessibility improvements for a dozen stations ...

On Monday, Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says New York City’s animal shelter system is in crisis, and he’s making it a top issue in his campaign. Sliwa criticized the city’s ...

This FUV Live session is also available as a podcast, "FUV Live Sessions." We're elevating WFUV's long history of live sessions and interviews via a podcast that you can find on Spotify, Apple ...

The debut album from Brooklyn-based guitarist and songwriter Fusilier, 2025's Ambush, is so good that it had me shaking my head in happy disbelief on first listen. The Atlanta-born Blake Fusilier ...

Nestled between the Bronx River and the Whitlock Avenue subway stop is the Bronx River Foodway. It’s an edible plant forest where people can forage for their own food. Every week, herbalist and ...

Public radio and TV stations across the country are reeling from the loss of $1.1 billion that had been allocated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds National Public Radio ...

It was a delight to have both Craig Finn and Kathleen Edwards drop by during my evening show recently for some conversation and to play some of their favorite artists on the radio. The two friends ...

"Cavalcade" jazzes up a summer Sunday golden hour with Deborah Silver's big band take on rock classics, and her friend and collaborator Kurt Elling weighs in with one of his own. The results ...

New releases galore on tonight's "UKNY" at 11 p.m. with a second single from Wolf Alice's forthcoming fourth album, The Clearing, one that finds Ellie Rowsell on a couch, contemplating life's ...

New York City’s Charter Revision Commission has decided not to move forward with a proposal for open primaries, meaning it will not appear on the city’s November general election ballot. The ...