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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One City, Under Protest
Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President, talks about the protests in New York City following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
Making Sense of the Nationwide Protests
Jamil Smith, senior writer at Rolling Stone talks about the weekend's uprisings to protest police brutality and racism across the country.
Love in the Time of COVID
Dating is hard. Dating during a pandemic? Well, it's hard and complicated. We open the phone lines to hear how New Yorkers are (or aren't) dating using online platforms with Lane Moore, comedian, creator of the Tinder Live comedy show, and author of How
#AskTheMayor: Justice for George Floyd
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. How can he justify not firing Pantaleo and NYPD's acts of violence on Union Square yesterday when he said what happened in Minnesota was unacceptable? I believ
David Brooks on Second Acts
David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times and the author of The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (Random House, 2019), now out in paperback, talks about his book which examines the lives of people who respond to a crisis by shifting their
State Sen. Benjamin Talks False Accusations and Budgets
New York State Senator (D, 30th district) Brian Benjamin talks about a new bill he introduced this week that would criminalize falsely reporting someone to the police, inspired by the incident in Central Park where a white woman falsely reported a black
Pro Sports Plan a Comeback
Professional sports leagues are busy planning how to salvage their current seasons that were derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Jane McManus, director of Marist's Center for Sports Communication and New York Daily News sports columnist, talks about wh
Reentry During COVID-19
The Fortune Society president and CEO JoAnne Page talks about the challenges of prison reentry during the shutdown and how to access services. →The Fortune Society
Are You Paying Rent?
Another month, another rent deadline. Your calls if you are unable to pay rent, if you're on a COVID-19 rent strike, or if you're a landlord receiving less than you're owed The @BrianLehrer is talking about Rent Forgiveness on 93.9 FM @WNYC We're hosting
"Ballot Harvesting" Explained
Amber Phillips, reporter at the Washington Post's The Fix, explains ballot "collecting" and why President Trump points to the practice as grounds to resist expanding vote-by-mail.