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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Friday Morning Politics: 3 Challenges to Checks & Balances
Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump discusses the anonymous whistleblower complaint and two other recent cases of challenges to checks & balances by the Trump administration: the Manhattan DA's subpoena of the president's tax returns and the Corey Lewandowski's testimony to Congress.