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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Historical Census


Andrew Whitby, data scientist and author of The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age (Basic Books, 2020), breaks down the three-thousand-year history of the census and traces the making of the mod


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 May 14, 2020  28m
 
 

Speak to the Speaker: Rents, Policing, and More


New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson talks about the NYC budget and the plans negotiated with City Hall to close miles of city streets to cars to make more room for social distancing while walking, running and biking, plus other issues facing NYC


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 May 14, 2020  35m
 
 

Is it Safe to Expand Our Bubbles?


As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, people are slowly expanding their "bubbles" of people they see. Julia Marcus, infectious disease epidemiologist and assistant professor in the department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard P


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 May 13, 2020  20m
 
 

Connecticut's Reopening Plans


 Phase One of Connecticut's plans to reopen starts next week. Susan Haigh, political writer/statehouse reporter in Hartford, CT for The Associated Press, talks about which businesses can reopen and under what conditions.


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 May 13, 2020  23m
 
 

Are You Still Waiting for Unemployment?


More than 20 million Americans lost their jobs in April as the national unemployment rate climbed to 15%. Richard Blum, member of The Legal Aid Society’s Employment Law Unit, takes questions from listeners who are having trouble navigating the overburden


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 May 13, 2020  32m
 
 

Racial Disparities in Treating (And Policing) Covid-19


Dr. Mary Bassett, Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, as well as professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, talks about the longstanding health and socio-economic disparities that have made minorities more


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 May 13, 2020  28m
 
 

Why Globalism Matters


Yesterday, France began to reopen non-essential businesses after 8 weeks of lockdown due to the pandemic. Today, Russia announced residents will head back to work, despite a record high of COVID-19 infections. But what happens in Europe in regards to the


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 May 12, 2020  20m
 
 

Fauci Warns Against Re-Opening Too Soon


As Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the CDC and others testify remotely before the Senate about the country's plans to re-open, Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, recaps what they ha


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 May 12, 2020  22m
 
 

Ahmaud Arbery and Justice


Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder and principal of Black Futures Lab, a research and advocacy organization dedicated to transforming black communities, talks about the latest developments and the deeper significance of the killing of Ahmaud Arb


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 May 12, 2020  25m
 
 

Biden Campaign Update


Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent at New York Magazine, and Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and au


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 May 12, 2020  36m