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What to Expect from the Democratic Candidates in Next Week's Presidential Debates
The stage is set for the first Democratic debates this month, John Nichols, national-affairs correspondent for The Nation, weighs in on the winners and losers from the scheduled lineups. Great discussion today with @BrianLehrer on @WNYC about the D deba
'Concentration Camps' at the Border?
Andrea Pitzer, journalist and author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps (Back Bay Books, 2018), and Jack Holmes, politics editor at Esquire, discuss why the camps of detained asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border may be conside
U.S. Cyber Battles with Russia
David Sanger, national security correspondent for The New York Times and the author of The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age (Crown, 2018), talks about his reporting (with Nicole Perlroth) on U.S. cyber-strategy against the Russian
Albany Final Countdown: Driver's Licences, Marijuana, Surrogacy
With the Albany legislative deadline looming, Fred Mogul, WNYC state government and politics reporter, updates us on where the legislature stands on key issues like legalizing marijuana and issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented people.
Measles Update with Gwynne Hogan
Gwynne Hogan, associate producer at All Things Considered and reporter for WNYC, and Blima Marcus, oncology nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a member of the ultra-Orthodox community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, discuss the l
Pride Month Call-In: What is Masculinity to You? What is Femininity to You?
We asked gender fluid listeners to tell us what masculinity and femininity mean to them. Love that this question is being explored and shared on @NPR 💗— ste”F” is 4 Feminist (@ShoshiBee16) June 17, 2019 @BrianLehrer wonderful segment on Trans people, y
SCOTUS Update with Jami Floyd
Jami Floyd, WNYC's host of All Things Considered and legal analyst, talks about the "double jeopardy" opinion and others announced today. these 5-4 decisions are making some interesting bedfellows — Rachel (@argica11) June 17, 2019
Chancellor Carranza Tackles Segregation in New York City Schools
Richard Carranza, New York City Schools Chancellor, talks about the next steps in the city's efforts to diversify and desegregate city schools. I am doing everything in my power not to scream at my desk listening to @BrianLehrer this morning. 7, SEVEN
Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill on Transportation Efforts for NY/NJ and Impeachment; and Listener Calls
Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative (D NJ-11), questions Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s ability to give an unbiased evaluation of projects presented to the Department of Transportation. There have been reports the department gave special treatmen
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Albany Passes Historic Rent Protections; Reasons the Democrats Are Slow to Impeach; Context and a Movie: Ava DuVernay’s "When They See Us"
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Albany Passes Historic Rent Protections (First) | Reasons the Democrats Are Slow to Impeach (Starts at 27:46) | Context and a Movie: Ava DuVernay’s "When They See Us" (Starts at 1:02: