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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 171 days 16 hours 49 minutes
What's the Difference Between Bribery and Extortion?
Elie Mystal, executive editor of Above the Law and Nation contributor, runs through the latest impeachment headlines.
Referendum on ICE in New Jersey
Monsy Alvarado, reporter at NorthJersey.com covering diversity and immigration in New Jersey, discusses the referendum vote schedule tomorrow in Sussex County where residents will vote on whether local law enforcement should work with federal immigration
Karine Jean-Pierre on the News
Karine Jean-Pierre, chief public affairs officer of MoveOn, political activist and analyst and the author of Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America (Hanover Square Press, 2019), talks about her new memoir and the latest ne
Airbnb Battle in Jersey City
Gwynne Hogan, WNYC reporter and associate producer, discusses the Airbnb referendum in Jersey City.
Senator Sherrod Brown and His Desk
Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator (D OH) and the author of Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America, talks about the day's news and his new book about the eight progressive U.S. Senators who had his desk before him, including Hugo Black, RFK, an
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Susan Rice; Daylight Saving Explainer; Charter Revision's Ballot Questions
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Susan Rice's Tough Love (First) | 10-Minute Explainer: Daylight Saving (at 16:58) | Charter Revision Ballot Questions (at 26:12) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTu
More 'Mobituaries'
Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, a panelist on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" and host of the podcast "Mobituaries" and author of its companion book, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving (Simon & Schuster, 2019), shares his take on the o
Keeping Black Girls In School
Monique Morris, author, founder and president of the National Black Women's Justice Institute (NBWJI) and executive producer of the documentary PUSHOUT: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, talks about her documentary, which is on the practices
The Impeachment Hearings Are Coming to TV
Katie Benner, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the The New York Times where she covers the Justice Department, on the latest in the impeachment inquiry against the president.
#AskTheMayor: Diversity in Cultural Institutions, Guns in the MTA, Use of Force in Jails
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. On @BrianLehrer Brian, former teacher, calling into the mayor on live radio from Rikers Island. 'I'm an addict' "I don't know who else to call" — Corey Kilganno