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 12 hours 50 minutes
Maria Hinojosa's Story
Maria Hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and the author of Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America (Simon and Schuster, 2020), talks about her own life and where her story intersects with national issues.
Powerful Business Leaders vs. NYC's Mayor
Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, talks about the letter she helped orchestrate, signed by 163 chief executives, which implored the mayor to focus on quality-of-life problems.
NYC Schools Prepare to Open
As New York City schools are preparing to re-open, WNYC and Gothamist reporter Sophia Chang and WNYC reporter Jessica Gould talk about the hygiene and ventilation conditions in schools, how teachers are feeling and the stats on teachers and COVID cases, s
Monday Morning Campaign Politics: Door Knocking In A Pandemic
Asma Khalid, political correspondent for NPR and co-host of The NPR Politics Podcast, talks about the status of the Biden/Harris campaign and other national political news.
COVID-19 Tests are Supposed to Be Free. Why Are People Being Charged Anyway?
Sarah Kliff, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, talks about her latest reporting around why some people are receiving bills for COVID-19 testing when Congress sought to ensure that patients would not face costs connected to the virus. Plus
The Wildfires Are Making the Climate Crisis Impossible to Ignore
As the West Coast tragically burns in out-of-control wildfires, Emily Atkin, writer of the newsletter/host of the podcast called HEATED, talks about how the progressively worse fire seasons have made the climate crisis impossible to ignore.
Mentally Ill While Black
Dr. Ashwin Vasan, epidemiologist and professor at Columbia and CEO of Fountain House, a community-based mental and public health organization, and Christina Sparrock, mental health advocate and Fountain House member, talks about the intersection of menta
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Solving the 'Coronavirus Test Mess'; How to Vote in the Tri-State Area; WNYC's Plan to cover Race, Class and Social Justice
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Solving the 'Coronavirus Test Mess' (First) | How to Vote in the Tri-State Area (Starts at 40:55) | WNYC's Plan to cover Race, Class and Social Justice (Starts at 1:18:16)
Honoring the 9/11 Anniversary With the Public Advocate
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams talks about the disparate impact of 9/11 on certain New Yorkers, plus other news on school reopenings and more.
Peter Strzok and the Russia Investigation
Peter Strzok, a 22-year veteran of the FBI and their former deputy assistant director of counterintelligence who headed up the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, now the author of Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat