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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Senator Sherrod Brown and His Desk
Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator (D OH) and the author of Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America, talks about the day's news and his new book about the eight progressive U.S. Senators who had his desk before him, including Hugo Black, RFK, and George McGovern.