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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How New York's Taxi Industry Destroyed Chicago's


Brian Rosenthal, investigative reporter on the Metro Desk at The New York Times, talks about his latest story on how New York taxi industry leaders seized control of Chicago's medallion market and left it in ruins.


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 October 8, 2019  30m
 
 

Advice for Working Couples


Drawing on interviews and academic research Jennifer Petriglieri, assistant professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France, and the author of Couples That Work: How To Thrive in Love and Work, shares case studies


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 October 7, 2019  15m
 
 

Gun Control, Abortion, DACA: What to Expect From The Supreme Court 2019-20 Term


Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered, previews the new Supreme Court term, which could prove far-reaching with cases involving gun control, abortion, L.G.B.T. rights and immigration.


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 October 7, 2019  23m
 
 

How New Jersey's Political Machine Really Works


Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, talks about the out-sized political influence of the Norcross family, and how tax breaks that were supposed to benefit one of the state's poorest cities, Camden, ended up benefiting George Norcro


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 October 7, 2019  31m
 
 

Monday Morning Politics: Multiple Whistleblowers, The GOP Spin Machine, Returning to the Tax Returns


Jeff Mason, Reuters White House correspondent, discusses the latest national political headlines. Up first Monday Morning Politics with @Reuters reporter @jeffmason1, who was yelled at by the president last week for asking too many questions about the Uk


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 October 7, 2019  36m
 
 

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Affirmative Action at Harvard & Amber Guyger's Trial; Unintended Consequences and the Pill; UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins


Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Affirmative Action at Harvard & Amber Guyger's Trial (First) | Unintended Consequences and the Pill (at 22:25) | UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins (at 40:31) If you don't subs


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 October 4, 2019  1h6m
 
 

Empathy for the Devil?


Playwright Will Arbery and director Danya Taymor talk about their new play "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," which explores the playwright's upbringing among religiously and politically conservative Catholics and how far to take empathy for those with whom


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 October 4, 2019  14m
 
 

Going Back to Work After Child-Rearing


Pamela Stone, sociology professor at Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, author of Opting Out and co-author of Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work (University of California Press, 2019), and Meg Lovejoy, a sociologist an


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 October 4, 2019  17m
 
 

2020: Gov. Bullock


Steve Bullock, governor of Montana (D), talks about his campaign. I would be so excited to support Bullock in a run for Senate, especially as SCOTUS threatens to shred Roe V Wade over the next year. — Seth Matthew (@sethmpk) October 4, 2019


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 October 4, 2019  22m
 
 

Fact-Checking President Trump's Dishonest Biden Claims


Salvador Rizzo, Reporter for The Fact Checker at The Washington Post, separates fact from fiction from the President's wild claims about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings.


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 October 4, 2019  19m