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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It's Back: #ShopListener 2020 Edition
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Wednesday Morning Politics: What's Trump Really Trying To Do?
Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker, CNN global affairs analyst and co-author, with Peter Baker, of The Man Who Ran Washington: the Life and Times of Jim Baker III (Doubleday, 2020), talks about the latest national political news, including th
Staten Island BP on COVID and More
Staten Island has been hit hard by COVID in the second wave. Staten Island Borough President Jimmy Oddo talks about how his constituents are doing, and some of the resistance to COVID safety measures some people may have.
Community Well-Being: Standing up for Undocumented Worker's Rights
Manuel Castro, executive director of New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), talks about his work dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable immigrant workers in New York, with a focus on day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived immigran
The Transit Union Proposal for Raising Revenue
John Samuelsen, International President of Transport Workers Union, talks about the stock transfer tax as a way to avoid drastic cuts to transit service and workers.
Where Do You Think You Caught COVID in the Past Month?
Listeners who contracted COVID-19 in the past month or so call in to share where they think they caught it.
COVID-19 Is Spreading Rapidly Inside Prisons. When Will Inmates Be Vaccinated?
Keri Blakinger, staff writer at The Marshall Project, talks about the number of COVID-19 cases inside prisons and jails across the country, what is being done to mitigate the spread, and where incarcerated individuals fall in line of who gets vaccinated
Meet the Candidate: Dianne Morales
Dianne Morales, former nonprofit executive and 2021 mayoral hopeful, talks about her now-official mayoral campaign.
Community Well-Being: Feeding New Jersey
Tanya Veltz, founder of Tree House Cultural Arts & Entertainment Movement and Tree House Cares, a non-profit organization set out to improve sustainability and promote positive entertainment and arts, talks about her organization's work with for fami
New Shutdown Trigger
Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for Gothamist, talks about Gov. Cuomo's announcement that restrictions on businesses and activities, including indoor dining, would now be triggered by hospitalization capacity, rather than positivity rates.