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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WNYC's Time Capsule: A Special Episode
No one expected this year to look the way it did. The coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives. Racial injustices continue to fill us with outrage and shame. Presidential politics are testing the strength of our democracy. But in 2020 we also saw the
New Year's Eve 'Best-Of': Robert Caro; Buzz Aldrin; Bishop Michael Curry; Local Geniuses
Say good-bye to 2020 with some favorite interviews, including: Robert Caro, the author, most recently, of Working (Knopf, 2019), shares stories and insights from his work writing Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. Astr
Year-End History Dive
As 2020 draws to a close, enjoy this dive into history with some of our favorite guests: Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About" series and the young adult history, More Deadly Than War: The Hidden History of the Spanish Flu and the First
A Year-End History Quiz
2020 was a year for the history books. For today's show, Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and most recently Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy (Henry Holt and Co., 2020), brings his best
Rising Crime and the NYC Mayoral Race
Harry Siegel, Daily News columnist, Daily Beast senior editor, and Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), co-hosts of the podcast FAQ NY
COVID-19 Has Infected Our Dreams
Kelly Bulkeley, a psychologist of religion who specializes in dream research, director of the Sleep and Dream Database, author of several books on dreaming, including An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming (Praeger; 2nd edition June 22, 2017) talk
The New COVID Normal
As part of WNYC's Time Capsule, listeners call in and share the ways of life that, before the pandemic, seemed routine and ordinary but now feel unthinkable.
Monday Morning Politics: The Last Race of the Trump Presidency
Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent at New York Magazine, talks about the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff, and how Trump politics and tactics are coming into play even as the sun sets on his presidency.
WNYC's Time Capsule Call-In Special
No one expected this year to look the way it did. The pandemic has upended our lives. Racial injustices continue to fill us with outrage and shame. Presidential politics are testing the strength of our democracy. But in 2020 we also saw the resilience o
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Live From The International Space Station; From 'Problem' to 'Model' Minority; Combatting Black Americans' Vaccine Hesitancy
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Live From The International Space Station (First) | From 'Problem' to 'Model' Minority (Starts at 10:06) | Combatting Black Americans' Vaccine Hesitancy (Starts at 44:14) If you don