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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Inside China's Novel Coronavirus Assault


Donald G. McNeil Jr, science and health reporter “specializing in plagues and pestilences,” reports on the latest developments in the spread of the new coronavirus and best practices in hindering its spread.


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 March 4, 2020  32m
 
 

After Super Tuesday, 'What Happened Wednesday'


Rolling Stone senior writer Jamil Smith and politics staff writer Tessa Stuart talk about the state of the 2020 race after Super Tuesday.  


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 March 4, 2020  21m
 
 

The Religious Right’s Rise to Power


Katherine Stewart, journalist and author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020), talks about her investigation of the Religious Right's rise to political power.


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 March 4, 2020  21m
 
 

Super Tuesday Results: The Field Narrows


Jess Bidgood, national political reporter for the Boston Globe, breaks down the results of Super Tuesday and the breaking news that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has dropped out of the presidential race.


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 March 4, 2020  33m
 
 

Talking to Kids about the Coronavirus


Jessica Grose, lead editor of NYT Parenting, offers advice for answering your children’s questions about the new coronavirus.


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 March 3, 2020  8m
 
 

Court Roundup: Abortion Access, Asylum Rights & ObamaCare


Jami Floyd, WNYC’s legal editor and the host of WNYC’s All Things Considered, discusses a few consequential cases being heard on the high court this week.


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 March 3, 2020  15m
 
 

Plouffe's Citizen's Guide for Political Action


David Plouffe, campaign manager for President Obama and the author of  A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump (Viking, March 3, 2020), previews Super Tuesday, explains the delegate math, and argues it's on everyday voters to take action to determine t


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 March 3, 2020  19m
 
 

Can We Compost Like South Korea?


In Seoul, South Korea, ninety-five per cent of food waste is recycled—a stark contrast to New York City, which has diverted only a fraction of organic waste from landfills. Rivka Galchen, novelist, journalist and frequent contributor to The New Yorker, t


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 March 3, 2020  10m
 
 

The Political Case for Public Health Experts


U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala (D FL-27), secretary of Health and Human Services under Pres. Bill Clinton, makes her case for letting public health experts, not politicians, lead the nation in confronting the COVID-19 outbreak, and what more needs to be done.


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 March 3, 2020  12m
 
 

How Conventions Work


Are you still confused how nominating conventions and superdelegates work? Boris Heersink, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Fordham University and author of the upcoming book, Republican Party Politics and the American South,


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 March 2, 2020  9m