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 18 hours 39 minutes
Monday Morning Politics: Trump Takes Aim at Mail-In Voting
Errin Haines, editor-at-large for The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy, talks about the latest national political news of the day, including the problems New York faced in the primary el
Federal Troops and Protests in 1971
Lawrence Roberts, investigative journalist and the author of Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America’s Biggest Mass Arrest (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), talks about the anti-war protests of 1971
Are You A Trump Or A Fauci?
Listeners call in to share how they are approaching day-to-day life during the coronavirus. Are you more lax or extra careful about hygiene and COVID prevention?
Reconsidering Revel
Dave Colon, reporter for Streetsblog NYC, discusses safety concerns surrounding electric mopeds and whether they belong on city streets after Revel's recent decision to temporarily suspend their street rental service following the recent deaths of two se
Should There Be a Shutdown Do-Over?
Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, infectious diseases physician with expertise in emerging infections and biosecurity, talks about the latest COVID-19 news, including what needs to happen to avoid another nationwide shutdown: faster and improved testing, a scaled up
The Return To Sports
Jane McManus, director of Marist's Center for Sports Communication and New York Daily News sports columnist, talks about where things in the world of sports are holding in the era of COVID-19 and BLM protests, the responsibility they hold to prevent a vi
The Problem In Portland
Anna Griffin, vice president of news at Oregon Public Broadcasting, Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, historian and author of Twilight of Democracy: the Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, and Dr. Shirley A. Jackson, professor of Black Studie
NYC Bars and Restaurants are Losing Liquor Licenses Over Social Distancing Violations
Dozens of bars and restaurants have lost their liquor licenses since the start of outdoor dining for violating COVID-19 safety rules. Tanay Warerkar, reporter at Eater, talks about which restaurants are receiving the harshest fines, and why some owners f
NYC Leadership Amid Pandemic and Protest
Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC co-host, Daily News columnist and Daily Beast senior editor and Debralee Santos, editor of The Manhattan Times and The Bronx Free Press, talk about how Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio are doing in handling these intense times sin
A New Way to Search for Complaints Against NYPD Officers
Last month, New York State repealed 50a, the law that shielded police disciplinary records from public view for decades, and journalists were able to access thousands of complaints against police officers. WNYC/Gothamist reporters George Joseph and Chris