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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#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.
Your Re-opening Anxieties
For so long we've been told to isolate, and stay inside if we can. As states move to reopen, it's only natural to feel some anxiety about leaving the house. George Bonanno, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University, Teachers College and aut
Pres. Trump and American Democracy
David Frum, Atlantic staff writer, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (Harper 2020), offers his take on the president's leadership in this crisis and in general. Event: "P&
A Harm Reduction Model for COVID-19
All 50 states are now in various stages of reopening. Dr. Leana Wen , emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner, argues that