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 7 hours 36 minutes
The Education of Samantha Power
Samantha Power, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and author of The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir (Dey Street Books, 2019), traces her journey from activist outsider to government insider, and the challenge of navigating the halls of powe
Speak to the Speaker: Rikers Closing; 14th Street: Early Voting
Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council, talks about the latest news in New York City, including the start of early voting, the charter revision ballot proposals and the new 14th Street.
Monday Morning Politics: 'Show Me a Crime'
Dahlia Lithwick, who covers courts and the law for Slate and Kyle Cheney, Congressional reporter for Politico, tick through all of the impeachment and political news that you missed over the weekend.
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Still Bowling for Columbine; Gail Collins; The Police Shooting of Atatiana Jefferson
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Still Bowling for Columbine (First) | Gail Collins on the Adventures of Older Women (at 25:37) | The Police Shooting of Atatiana Jefferson (at 51:50) If you don't subscribe to the Bri
News from your Country
We are all aware of the impeachment inquiry happening here in the U.S. Listeners call-in to share news from their countries of origin.
What Germany Can Teach Us About Facing the Past
Susan Neiman, Berlin-based director of the Einstein Forum, moral philosopher and the author of Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), talks about what the U.S. can learn from Germany's post-war reckoning
What We've Learned About the Impeachment Inquiry This Week
After a long week of testimonies on Capitol Hill by White House officials involved in the Ukraine scandal, Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post reporter focusing on political enterprise stories and investigations , breaks down where we are and what we'
#AskTheMayor: Mother Cabrini, 14th Street, Trees and Sidewalks, Rikers News, Vision Zero, NY Post
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. On @BrianLehrer talking Mother Cabrini ~controversy~, BdB says he's frustrated by constant outrage police & lack of attention on underlying issues, like wom
The Clintons on Gutsy Women
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic nominee for president in 2016, former Secretary of State, former U.S. senator from New York and former first lady of the United States, and her daughter Chelsea Clinton, a global health advocate and vice chair of the Cl
Impeachment Daily: Pelosi Is 'Deadly Serious'
Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent for New York Magazine, brings a behind-the-scenes look at how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has handled the last three weeks since she announced she would back an impeachment inquiry into the president. Plus the l