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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Primary Preview: NY 17
Early and absentee voting is underway in the New York primary and one of the most hotly contested races is the Democratic primary to fill the House seat left open by Rep. Nita Lowey's retirement in New York's 17th Congressional District (Rockland/Westche
Social Justice Street Art
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, artist and creator of the art exhibition Stop Telling Women to Smile, talks about the street art popping up around the city and how art and activism go hand-in-hand. Tatyana also recently installed a series of murals at The Greene S
A Virologist on the Latest C?OVID-19 News
As New York City prepares to enter phase two of re-opening -- which could be as soon as Monday -- Dr. Angela Rasmussen, virologist at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in the Center for Infection and Immunity and a writer for Forbes mag
Imagining a 'Queer Future'
Jack Halberstam, Visiting Professor of Gender Studies and English at Columbia University, and author of Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, takes calls from LGBTQ+ listeners about what everyone can learn from common LGBTQ+ experiences, and
Government Service Oath
Chuck Rosenberg, MSNBC contributor and host of "The Oath" podcast, former US attorney, senior FBI official and acting head of the DEA, talks about the new season of his podcast, a series of interviews with former government officials about what the oath
Primary Preview: NY 16
Early and absentee voting is underway in the New York primary and long-time Congressman Eliot Engel faces a challenge in his Bronx/Westchester district. Emily Ngo, NY1 political reporter, previews the candidates on the ballot.
Speak to the Speaker: Police Reform and the Budget
Corey Johnson, New York City Council Speaker, talks about the next city budget, and with COVID-19 related revenue shortfalls, what gets cut. Plus other issues facing New Yorkers.
Presidents -- And How to Pick Them
John Dickerson, CBS 60 Minutes correspondent, a contributing writer to The Atlantic, co-host of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, host of the Whistlestop podcast and the author of The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency (Random House, 2020
Living Alone During the Pandemic
Listeners who have lived in self-isolation for several months talk about how they're coping, as states begin to reopen.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of LGBTQ Employees
Gabriel Arkles, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s LGBT and HIV Project (and part of the team on the Aimee Stephens case), talks about the landmark Supreme Court decision which ruled that LGBTQ employees can't be discriminated against because of their