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 12 hours 50 minutes
Negotiating the End of Rikers
Elizabeth Glazer, director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, talks about the final negotiations before the City Council votes on the plans to replace Rikers Island with borough-based jails.
Rep. Malinowski on Ukraine Inquiry
U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (D NJ-7), who also served as assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Obama administration, talks about the impeachment inquiry.
Helium Shortage: It's Not Just About Balloons
Claire Maldarelli, associate editor at Popular Science magazine, talks about the shortage of helium that's made lighter-than-air balloons hard to come by, but also has implications for healthcare and space exploration. Segment now @BrianLehrer on how der
Trump Administration's Refugee Admissions Plummet
Nicole Narea, immigration reporter at Vox, and Barbara Strack, former chief of Refugee Affairs Division at US Citizenship and Immigration Service at the Department of Homeland Security, discuss the latest news that the United States is slated to accept 1
How Canada Does the Carbon Tax
Kathryn Harrison, professor of political science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, explains Canada's carbon tax and how it differs from other countries' carbon taxes.
Commercial Tenant Relief
Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist reporter talks about what actions the City Council is taking to address the new report which shows retail vacancies to have risen dramatically over the last 10 years.
Monday Morning Politics with Elaina Plott
Elaina Plott, White House correspondent for The Atlantic, discusses the latest political headlines.
Brian Lehrer Weekend: #CoveringClimateNow: Wrapping Up the #PlasticChallenge; The Myth of Gendered Brains; 'Hustlers' the Movie: It's Real
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. #CoveringClimateNow: Wrapping Up the #PlasticChallenge (First) | The Myth of Gendered Brains (at 29:03) | 'Hustlers' the Movie: It's Real (at 39:36) If you don't subscribe to the Bria
Whistleblowers 101
Allison Stanger, professor of international politics and economics at Middlebury College, New America Cybersecurity Fellow, external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and the author of Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump (Yale U
#MeToo and 'She Said'
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, The New York Times correspondents and the co-authors of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Penguin Press, 2019) talk about their book, building on their original reporting that bro