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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 171 days 14 hours 39 minutes
Assessing the Biden Administration on Racial Justice
President Biden started his presidency with a flurry of executive orders related to racial equity. Paul Butler, professor at Georgetown Law and the author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men (The New Press, 2017), checks in on what more progress -- if any -
Closing the 13th Amendment Loophole
The Brian Lehrer Show and The Greene Space have launched a new series about the business side of the prison industry. Each week we examine one aspect of the $80 billion dollar prison industrial complex, and ask: who profits when people get put away? This
The Barriers Built Into America's Vaccine System
A ProPublica investigation finds that "some vaccine programs have been designed with inherent barriers that disadvantage many people who are most at risk of dying from the disease." Caroline Chen, health care reporter for ProPublica, explains.
Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature
Karen DeWitt, Capitol bureau correspondent for New York State Public Radio, talks about the legislature's response to the accusations against Gov. Cuomo and how the controversy might affect this year's budget process, one month from the April 1 deadline.
Gen Z and LGBT Identification
A new survey from Gallup found that 1 in 6 adults in Generation Z identify as LGBT. Gen Z listeners call in to talk about gender and sexuality.
Local COVID Variants Q&A
Wafaa El-Sadr, university professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and director of ICAP at Columbia University, talks about the latest local COVID-19 news including the decline in positive cases overal
Pandemic Television
Alison Herman, staff writer at The Ringer, where she writes about television, recaps Sunday night's Golden Globes ceremony, and talks about how the pandemic is changing what people are watching and how television is made.
Governor Cuomo's Mounting Scandals
Over the weekend a second woman accused Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment. Josefa Velásquez, senior reporter for THE CITY, talks about the story, the governor's (and Albany's) reactions and takes your calls.
Monday Morning Politics with Jason Johnson: CPAC Weekend, Racial Politics and Republicans After Trump
Jason Johnson, MSNBC contributor, author, professor and host of the new Slate political podcast A Word … with Jason Johnson, talks about the latest news coming out of Washington, including the events at CPAC this weekend, and his new podcast about race i
Anti-Asian Violence Spikes
Arun Venugopal, senior reporter for WNYC's race & justice unit, talks about the rise in attacks on Asian Americans in the past year since the pandemic began.