How a Radio Host, Broadcasting Live From Home, Spends Sundays
It’s been a year and many pots of beans since Kai Wright abandoned his on-air studio in Manhattan. But the show has gone on.
Kai Wright in Highland Park, Brooklyn, where he often goes for a run. Credit.DeSean McClinton-Holland for The New York Times
By Tammy La Gorce
April 2, 2021
“The United States of Anxiety” seems like the perfect title for a radio program these days. Since the shutdown, Kai Wright has led the WNYC show which takes on hot-button social issues, from racism to gun control, often providing a historical perspective live from his home in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.