Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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The Most Powerful Man in the World Is Vladimir Putin
After accusations that the Kremlin hacked into email accounts owned by U.S. Democratic Party members in order to assist the election of Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named Forbes's most powerful person (for the fourth year in a row). Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post, discusses the latest in Russian-U.S. relations and his upcoming documentary on Vladimir Putin, "The Most Powerful Man in the World," which will air on CNN on Monday at 9 p.m. ET.