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 9 hours 26 minutes
Meet New Queens Borough President Donovan Richards
New Queens Borough President Donovan Richards talks about his first full week in office -- his priorities and the issues facing the borough.
Monday Morning Politics: The Electors Vote
Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico and Rebecca Green, professor of law at William & Mary and co-director of its Election Law Program, talk about the latest national political news.
Reflections on the Struggle for Racial Justice
The Brian Lehrer Show and WNYC are putting together a time capsule to remember this painful year. Today, listeners call in share their reflections on the struggle for racial justice as it unfolded this year, to honor the lives of people lost due to syste
BL Weekend: Deb Haaland; Delivery Workers; Down Syndrome Disappearing
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. What Deb Haaland's Appointment Would Mean for Native Americans (First) | Food Delivery Workers Are Demanding Better Treatment. Will NYC Listen? (Starts at 22:06) | The Last Generation
Ask the Mayor: Who Gets Vaccinated First in NYC?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including how the city plans on distributing vaccines.
Friday Morning Politics: What Would Jimmy Carter Do?
Jonathan Alter, MSNBC analyst, co-host, Sirius XM Alter Family Politics, Daily Beast columnist and the author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life (Simon & Schuster, 2020), talks about the latest on the president's attempts to overturn the election
Remembering The Essential Workers We've Lost
The Brian Lehrer Show and WNYC are putting together a time capsule to remember this strange and difficult year. Today, listeners call in to talk about an essential worker they’ve lost from COVID. Together, we’ll honor our community’s loss, and hold space
A COVID Vaccine is (Just About) Here
The FDA will grant emergency use authorization for the COVID vaccine developed by Pfizer and German biotech company BioNTech. Uché Blackstock, urgent care physician, founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equities and a Yahoo News medical contributor talk
Thursday Morning Politics, With Jonathan Capehart
Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist, opinion columnist and editorial board member of The Washington Post and now the new host of MSNBC’s The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (which premieres this weekend), talks about the latest politi
Reckoning With Racism
Michael Eric Dyson, Vanderbilt professor, New York Times contributing opinion writer, and author of Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America (St. Martin's Press, 2020), looks at America's long history of racism and talks about where to go from he