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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The Socially-Distanced Beach Scene


Memorial Day Weekend is when beaches in New York and on the Jersey Shore traditionally open for the summer -- but 2020 is far from normal. New York State Senator (D 9, Nassau County) and chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee, Todd Kaminsky, a


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 May 22, 2020  22m
 
 

COVID Politics


New York Times editorial board member, Mara Gay talks about her bout with COVID-19, and other coronavirus-related politics.


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 May 22, 2020  36m
 
 

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Wynton Marsalis, Screening Your Calls in the Age of COVID, How The Pandemic is Warping How You Feel Time


Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Wynton Marsalis (First) | Screening Your Calls in the Age of COVID (Starts at 11:05) | How The Pandemic is Warping How You Feel Time (Starts at 22:24)   If you don't subscribe to the


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 May 22, 2020  41m
 
 

WWII Refresher Course: Part 3


Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives  (Henry Holt and Co., 2016), looks back at World War II, 75 years later. 


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 May 21, 2020  8m
 
 

Jeffrey Wright Makes Right


Jeffrey Wright, renowned actor and founder of Brooklyn for Life!, talks about his activism, and his latest charity project which aims to keep local restaurants open while feeding health care workers on the front lines.


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 May 21, 2020  18m
 
 

Wynton Marsalis With Music in Lockdown


Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, talks about this year's virtual Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, which is celebrating 25 years.


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 May 21, 2020  10m
 
 

COVID-19 in NYC, By the Numbers


Jake Dobkin, co-founder of Gothamist, where he's been the de facto numbers-cruncher in chief for all things COVID-19, explains where we are in the trajectory of the virus.


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 May 21, 2020  8m
 
 

Can't-Miss Culture, From Home


Shauna Lyon, editor of The New Yorker's Goings On About Town section, rounds up cultural offerings, online and from a distance.


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 May 21, 2020  7m
 
 

Sen. Gillibrand on SNAP and HEROES and More


U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about federal relief, including SNAP benefits and state and local funding for hard-hit areas.


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 May 21, 2020  18m
 
 

The High-Tech, Post-COVID Life


Naomi Klein, senior correspondent for The Intercept, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, co-founder of The Leap, a climate justice organization, and the author of many books, including On Fire: T


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 May 20, 2020  14m