Objection to the Rule

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.

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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
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OTR October 31st, 2021 Halloween episode: The M...
The Myth of tainted Halloween candy - How many Americans believe in ghosts? - DNA analysis of mummies in NW China - Fauci gives trick or treaters the green light
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OTR October 24th, 2021: NYC declares racism a p...
NYC declares racism a public health crisis - Tragic shooting death on film set - UK to begin checking social media prior to issuing gun licenses - some positive climate news
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OTR October 17th, 2021: Judge sides with NYS wo...
Judge sides with NYS workers over vaccine mandates - lead contaminated water in Benton Harbor, Michigan - Spain takes a step to acknowledge fascist past - Environmental protections for nat'l monuments
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OTR October 3rd, 2021: Interview with NYU's Dr....
Interview with NYU's Dr. Maurizio Porfiri on gun violence - the US debt ceiling crisis - WHO employees accused of sex abuse in the DRC - rights for NYC delivery workers
59 min
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OTR September 26th, 2021: Interview with Newtow...
Interview with Newtown Creek Alliance's Lisa Bloodgood - Haitian Migrants Expelled at Southern Border - Corruption in Local Honduran Politics
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OTR September 19th, 2021: Protests outside the ...
Protests outside the 2021 Met Gala - US Gymnasts testify on Capitol Hill - Aukus pact between US, UK and Australia - Carbon capture in Iceland
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OTR September 12th, 2021: 20th anniversary of 9...
20th anniversary of 9/11 - An indictment in the Ahmaud Arbery case - Free contraception for some women in France - A resilient affordable apartment building in New Orleans
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OTR September 5th, 2021: Staffing crisis at Rik...
Staffing crisis at Rikers - Voting rights for NC residents with felony convictions - an attack on a convoy in Burkina Faso - US Health Dept Office of Climate Change
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OTR August 29th, 2021: Storm interrupts NYC com...
Storm interrupts NYC comeback show - Pfizer seeks approval for booster shots - Nicole Kidman skirts Hong Kong quarantine rules - a good news roundup on IG
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OTR August 22nd, 2021: ICE Detention in NJ cont...
ICE Detention in NJ continues - Biden admin vs classroom mask mandate bans - the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan - IPCC report
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OTR August 8th, 2021: Unhoused NYers being push...
Unhoused NYers being pushed off the street - Rep. Cori Bush vs Eviction Moratorium - Mexico sues US gun makers - Denver, CO helps drivers with broken taillights
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