2020 Polls; Local News Roundup; Alternatives to Full Lockdown; Moving to the 'Burbs - a podcast by WNYC

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On the traditional day-after-Labor-Day start to the final phase of the presidential campaigns, Amy Walter, national editor at the Cook Political Report and the host of Politics With Amy Walter on WNYC's The Takeaway, shares her analysis of the race and other national political news.
Jeffery Mays, New York Times reporter on the Metro Desk, and Brigid Bergin, WNYC City Hall and politics reporter, talk about the latest local news.
Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal's chief economics commentator and the author of Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe (Little, Brown and Company, 2015), talks about possible alternatives to completely shutting down the economy, in case of future outbreaks.
Since the pandemic began, the suburbs around New York City, from New Jersey to Westchester County to Connecticut to Long Island, have been experiencing a huge demand for homes of all prices. Matthew Haag, a reporter on the Metro desk at The New York Times where he covers the intersection of real estate and politics, talks about his recent reporting talking to real estate agents and residents, who say the surge unlike any in recent memory.

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