Objection to the Rule is a one hour show produced by Radio Free Brooklyn that tackles the current news cycle with nuanced discussion, interviews and more.
OTR May 22nd, 2022: Mayor Adams' BolaWrap contr...
Mayor Adams' BolaWrap controversy - Racist massacre in Buffalo, NY - Status of COVID in China and North Korea
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OTR May 15th, 2022: 2020 footage of NYPD breaki...
2020 footage of NYPD breaking woman's arm released - Baby formula crisis in US - Killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh - Gains in wind and solar energy
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OTR May 8th, 2022: Leaked SCOTUS draft opinion ...
Leaked SCOTUS draft opinion re: Roe v. Wade - NY Attorney General Letitia James shares abortion story - Pro-Choice Foley Square protest - Abortion rights around the world - New legislation p protections in some US states
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OTR May 1st, 2022: Family court lawyer shortage...
Family court lawyer shortage in NY - Biden backtracks on student loan forgiveness - Dangerous heat wave in India and Pakistan - Reforestation efforts in Burundi
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OTR April 24th, 2022: Accused subway shooter de...
Accused subway shooter denied bond - Increase in deaths among the unhoused population in the US - Ukrainian refugees treated differently from non European refugees - Encouraging news about a key climate goal
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OTR April 17th, 2022: NYS Lieutenant Governor r...
NYS Lieutenant Governor resigns amid corruption arrest - Patrick Lyoya killed by police during traffic stop in MI - Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Libyan coast - Spain votes to grant lagoon personhood
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OTR April 3rd, 2022: Staten Island Amazon Worke...
OTR April 3rd, 2022: Staten Island Amazon workers vote to unionize - Fetuses found in home of anti-abortion activist - Pope Francis apologizes for abuse of indigenous children in Canada - Methane used for plastic alternative
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OTR March 27th, 2022: New Yorkers take on idlin...
New Yorkers take on idling commercial vehicles - Confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson - School for girls canceled in Afghanistan - Discover of Ernest Shackleton's long lost ship
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OTR March 20th, 2022: NYC Gender Pay Gap Rally ...
NYC Gender Pay Gap Rally at City Hall - Texas Ruling Against Abortion Providers - Russian Anti-war Protester Crashes News Broadcast - A Program to Reduce Food Waste in India
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OTR March 13th, 2022: Interview with Chief Mann...
Interview with Chief Mann, Turtle Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation and NYU's Dr. Judith Zelikoff - Opioid crisis victims confront Sacklers in court - Venezuela releases 2 American prisoners
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OTR March 6th, 2022: NYC to end COVID contact t...
NYC to end COVID contact tracing program - Mass shooting in Sacramento Church - Some background on Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Federal funding to fight wildfires
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OTR February 27th, 2022: Homeless encampments i...
Homeless encampments in NYC subways to be dismantled - Texas Governor orders agencies to investigate gender affirming care as child abuse - Colombia decriminalized abortion - US Soccer team wins lawsuit
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OTR February 20th, 2022: Christina Yuna Lee Mur...
Christina Yuna Lee Murdered in Her Home - Funeral of Amir Locke, Killed During Execution of a No-Knock Warrant - Ottawa Trucker Protests - A NY Woman Cured of HIV
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OTR February 13th, 2022: Unionizing Efforts at ...
Unionizing Efforts at NYC Starbucks - Origins of St. Valentine's Day - Nestle to Give Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Cash to curb child labour - Tiger Population Bounces Back - Superbowl Chatter
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OTR February 6th, 2022: Rogue NYC nurses tell p...
Rogue NYC nurses tell pregnant people not to get COVID-19 vaccine - Recent bomb threats at Black Colleges and Universities - Plastic recycling in Senegal - Oil and gas leases blocked in Gulf of Mexico
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OTR January 30th, 2022: Interview with NYU's Gr...
Interview with NYU's Graham Dove about noise pollution - TN school board bans graphic novel about the Holocaust - Indian family freezes trying to reach Canada - A young boy donates prize money to help others
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OTR January 23rd, 2022: Deadly fire in the Bron...
Deadly fire in the Bronx - Sewage problems in Alabama's Black Belt - Landmine-sniffing rat dies - NYS Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act
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OTR January 9th, 2022: NYC DOE staff shortages ...
NYC DOE staff shortages due to COVID - COVID-19 Home confinement and resignation of BOP director - Anti-feminist sentiment in S. Korea - Action against illegal timber schemes in Brazil
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OTR January 2nd, 2022: Revisiting three stories...
Revisiting three stories from 2021 - ICE detention in NJ - Updates on the Jan 6th Commission - Suspects in President Moise assassination speak out - some positive COVID news
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OTR December 19th, 2021: NYC ban on gas - KY ca...
NYC ban on gas - KY candle factory workers sue employer over tornado protocol - suicide rates among housewives in India - how not to discuss climate change
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OTR December 12th, 2021: New voting rights for ...
New voting rights for NYC non-citizens - Racist texts scandal in Torrance, CA police department - Silent Strike in Myanmar - Wall of oysters vs NYC flooding
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OTR December 5th, 2021: Safe injection sites in...
Safe injection sites in NYC - School shooting in Oxford, MI - Barbados becomes a republic - Good news about the Great Barrier Reef
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OTR November 28th, 2021: Changes to Coney Islan...
Changes to Coney Island Boardwalk - Ahmaud Arbery's killers found guilty - Struggle over cobalt mining in Democratic Republic of Congo - River Thames no longer 'biologically dead'
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OTR November 21th, 2021: Rats run amok in NYC ...
Rats run amok in NYC - Julius Jones granted clemency in OK - UK bill to revoke citizenship privileges without warning - US and China climate pledge
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OTR November 7th, 2021: NYC Dept of Sanitation...
NYC Dept of Sanitation workers vs NYC vaccine mandate - Howard University students protest living conditions - new Taliban gov't in Afghanistan threatened by ISIS