The Brian Lehrer Show

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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Your Anecdotal Census: Life After COVID-19


Listeners call in to share their experiences with having COVID-19, and Brian Lehrer Show associate producer Amina Srna joins to discuss how the Census and the pandemic intersect.


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 July 20, 2020  23m
 
 

Joy-Ann Reid on Her Life and New Show


Joy-Ann Reid, MSNBC political analyst, host of the new show "The REIDOUT" and the author of The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story (William Morrow, 2019), discusses her career, her new show and being the only Black woman


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 July 16, 2020  31m
 
 

Homelessness: The Ultimate Result of COVID Evictions


Evictions caused by the current economic downturn could impact homelessness in the city. Jamie Powlovich, executive director of Coalition for Homeless Youth, and Kadisha Davis, social media advocate for those experiencing homelessness, explore the inters


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 July 16, 2020  26m
 
 

Summer In The City


Will Gleason, Time Out New York's editor, takes your calls and talks events and happenings you can find and enjoy around the city this summer.


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 July 16, 2020  17m
 
 

Teachers and Reopening the Schools


Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, offers the union's view on how to balance the need to reopen schools against the risks of COVID-19 exposure.


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 July 16, 2020  32m
 
 

The Puzzling Future of Child Care and School Reopenings


Brigid Schulte, director of the Better Life Lab and author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play when No One has the Time, and New York City Council Member Brad Lander  (39th district in Brooklyn) discuss the school and child care puzzle that New York face


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 July 15, 2020  37m
 
 

Police Still Respond to Mental Health Crisis 911 Calls. Advocates See Another Way


Carla Rabinowitz, advocacy coordinator for Community Access, and Ruth Lowenkron, director of the Disability Justice Program at NYLPI, talk about alternatives to police intervention for people experiencing mental health crises.


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 July 15, 2020  21m
 
 

Restaurant Employees Weigh In on Outdoor Dining


Outdoor restaurant dining is now allowed all over the tri-state region. Restaurant employees call in to talk about how it's going so far - including whether they feel safe, whether patrons are complying with mask rules and more.


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 July 15, 2020  10m
 
 

Whose Free Speech Is It Anyway?


A letter in Harper's Magazine argues that social media public shamings hamper free speech. Claire Potter, professor of history at The New School, and the executive editor of Public Seminar, a digital magazine of politics and culture based at The New Scho


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 July 15, 2020  38m
 
 

Local News and Democracy


Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post's media columnist and the author of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy (Columbia Global Reports, 2020), talks about the larger implications of a lack of local news coverage and


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 July 15, 2020  35m