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.
Dilapidated luxury buildings - CA Human traffic...
Jasmin, Theresa and Emily discuss poor conditions in Manhattan luxury buildings, a human trafficking crackdown in California, Haitian migrants turned away from the US border and left in Mexico, Black immigrants being targeted by ICE, and the repeal of the "walking while trans ban" in New York State.
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Racist remarks from NY Science Journalist - Imp...
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Hunts Point Strike in BX - Inauguration recap -...
This episode, Emily, Theresa and Jasmin discuss the Hunts Point market strike, the 2021 inauguration, complications with the COVID vaccine rollout in India, and Biden's day one executive orders.
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ICE hunger strikes in NJ - Impeachment Round 2 ...
Jasmin and Emily discuss ICE detainees on hunger strike in New Jersey, the Trump admin's last minute anti-Cuba sanctions, some good news out of Alaska, and Theresa lays out the facts about Trump's second impeachment.
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2021 Electoral College votes - Extremists storm...
Emily, Jasmin and Theresa talk about the storming of the US Capitol building, the Election certification process, and historic Senate race wins in Georgia.
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Penn station upgrade - Nashville bomber's past ...
Theresa, Emily and Jasmin discuss the new Moynihan train hall in New York, the Nashville bomber's troubling history, Rohingya refugees being moved to a remote island, and a newly discovered platypus feature.
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Indoor dining in NYC, Biden's cabinet, farmers'...
Theresa, Emily and Jasmin discuss the end of indoor dining in NYC due to COVID, Biden's cabinet picks, Indian farmers' protests, and the Cleveland MLB team's long overdue name change.
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Local haunts lost in 2020, Brandon Bernard's ex...
Theresa, Emily and Jasmin discuss NYC businesses that closed forever in 2020, Brandon Bernard's execution, hunger in Venezuela, and Goldman Environmental Prize winner, Nemonte Nenquimo.
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Food delivery workers, and the Abolition Amendm...
Theresa, Emily, and Jasmin discuss the reality behind food delivery apps, the proposed abolition amendment to end involuntary servitude for prisoners, regional elections in Cameroon, and General Motors dropping its support for Trump's climate rollbacks.
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MTA doomsday cuts, and COVID-19 updates: OTR 11...
The team talks MTA doomsday cuts, the current impact of COVID-19 on the US, and more.
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The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia, and Pfizer's c...
The team talks about a new 911 call mental health response program in NYC, a controversial article written by a member of Biden's new COVID-19 task force, the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia, and good news about the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
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Historic election win for Biden & Harris: OTR 1...
Joe Biden & Kamala Harris's historic win in the 2020 US presidential election, protests over abortion restrictions in Poland, and more.
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Interview with filmmaker John Wellington Ennis:...
An interview with John Wellington Ennis about his new documentary, plus Theresa, Emily, and Jasmin discuss the fatal shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. by police; a new constitution for Chile; and more.
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NYC's Election Observer Corps, and the Purdue P...
Theresa and Emily discuss the federal Purdue Pharma settlement; the murder of a French teacher over the showing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a lesson about the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo; and some good news about the SNAP-Ed program. Jasmin also shares a story about Mayor de Blasio's last-minute plan to form an Election Observer Corps.
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Amy Coney Barrett, and #EndSARS: OTR 10/18/20
Theresa, Emily, and Jasmin discuss COVID and antisemitism; Amy Coney Barrett; #EndSARS in Nigeria, and more.
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Lee Ziesche and the No North Brooklyn Pipeline ...
An interview with Lee Ziesche about the work that the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition is doing to try and stop the fracked gas pipeline being built in North Brooklyn; the House Judiciary Committee's report on Big Tech; and more.
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Indoor dining and the U.S. Census: OTR 10/4/20
Jasmin and Emily discuss indoor dining coming back to NYC; budget and staff cuts at the New School; an Indigenous woman in Canada makes a recording of the abuse she faced on her hospital death bed; and some good news about bees. Theresa also brings us a story on the U.S. Census.
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Breonna Taylor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: OTR 9/...
Emily, Matt, Jasmin, and Theresa present a pieced-together episode, with stories on the lack of a murder charge for the officers in the Breonna Taylor case, a tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, protests in Mexico over water payments, and more.
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Unwanted sterilizations of women detained by IC...
Theresa, Sarah, Jasmin, Matt, and Emily discuss bioregionalism on Governors Island; unwanted hysterectomies being performed on women being detained by ICE; bans on junk food for minors in Mexico; and more.
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Retaliation for an effort to unionize at Housin...
Theresa, Matt, Jasmin, and Emily discuss discuss retaliation for an effort to unionize at Housing Works, Bob Woodward's new revelations about Donald Trump and the pandemic, and more.
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The Met Council on Housing, and Russia's COVID-...
Theresa, Emily, Jasmin, and Matt discuss a new report from the Metropolitan Council on Housing, Russia's coronavirus vaccine, and more.
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The murder of two protesters in Kenosha, and th...
This week we discuss the firing of Paddy Duke from Hot 97 after a revelation during HBO's Storm Over Brooklyn documentary, the murder of two protesters in Kenosha, WI by an Illinois teenager, a dispute over a giant Nile River dam between Egypt and Ethiopia, and the eradication of wild polio from the continent of Africa.
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The USPS, and a new California vehicle emission...
Theresa, Matt, Jasmin, and Emily discuss the USPS and the press; a follow-up on Lebanon; and more.
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Kamala Harris, and the Israeli-UAE agreement: O...
Theresa, Jasmin, Matt, and Emily discuss the looming end of the eviction pause for certain tenants in New York, Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate, and more.
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Interview with Abby Ehmann and Wylie Stecklow o...
Theresa, Emily, Matthew, and Sarah present an interview with Abby Ehmann, the owner of the bar Lucky in the East Village, and Wylie Stecklow, her civil rights attorney, on the "Seating Not Eating" petition she started to address Governor Cuomo's new executive order requiring all bar patrons to purchase food with alcohol, and the challenges she has faced. Plus they discuss the push to end asylum in the U.S., and more.