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 7 hours 36 minutes
The Trump-Fox Feedback Loop
Brian Stelter, CNN's host of Reliable Sources and senior media correspondent and the author of Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2020), examines the relationship between President Trump and
Working Class vs Protesters: 1970 and the Democratic Party Divide
David Paul Kuhn, reporter, political analyst and the author of The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2020), talks about the Democrats' intra-party "culture war," evidenced by
Speak to the Speaker: Crime; Schools; Industry City and More
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson talks about the issues facing the Council, including school reopening, Sunset Park rezoning and policing.
Recapping The 2nd Night Of RNC
Jonathan Capehart,a member of The Washington Post editorial board, host of the “Cape Up” podcast and an MSNBC contributor, breaks down highlights from the second night of the Republican National Convention, plus talks about the police shooting and protes
How Changes To The USPS Could Worsen Voter Suppression
Derrick Johnson, President & CEO of the NAACP, explains the effect changes the USPS is making have on voter suppression, plus talks through the anger and frustration over another shooting of a Black man by law enforcement, ongoing protests in Kenosha
First American Poetry
Joy Harjo, performer and writer, the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the editor of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (W. W. No
President Trump as Civil Rights Activist
Bruce Eberle, conservative activist and consultant, and Vernon Robinson III, conservative activist, campaign director of the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee in 2016, the co-authors of the book Coming Home: How Black Americans Will Re-El
The Latino Vote in 2020
From plans to build a wall, to calling Mexicans rapists, President Trump has done a lot to anger Latino voters, and yet according to the PEW research center a third of Latino voters still support him. Maria Hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of Lati
David Brooks on the RNC and Radicalism
David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times and the author of The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (Random House, 2019), discusses the first night of speeches at the RNC and moderates vs radicals in both parties.
Essential Workers Are Starting to Feel Forgotten (Again)
At the start of the pandemic grocery store workers were hailed as heroes on social media, sometimes given thanks in person, and occasionally even offered hazard pay. But now as the coronavirus crisis continues and people are antsy to return to normal, th