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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Democrats will Finally Vote on the impeachment Investigation this Week
Nicholas Fandos, New York Times reporter covering Congress, previews the congressional session ahead, including the first congressional vote related to the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump, which is set to take place this Thursday.
Microsoft's President: The Responsibilities of Tech
Brad Smith, Microsoft president and the author (with Carol Ann Browne) of Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age (Penguin Press, 2019), argues that the leaders of the tech companies need to take responsibility for the downsides o
The CDC Says Stop Vaping
The CDC suggested that people stop vaping until public health officials can get a better handle on an epidemic of lung disease that has sickened as many as 450 people, with three deaths, spanning over 30 states. Ana Ibarra, journalist covering health car
Malcolm Gladwell on Stranger Danger
Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer at The New Yorker, host of the podcast "Revisionist History", and the author of many books, including his latest Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know (Little, Brown and Company, 2019), e
Monday Morning Politics with Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur, host and founder of The Young Turks and co-founder of the Justice Democrats, previews the next debate among the ten qualifying Democrats and talks about the moderate vs progressive divide in the party. @brianlehrer It's wonderfully refreshing
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Chancellor Carranza on the New School Year; The Language of Persuasion; Football Feminist
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Chancellor Carranza on the New School Year (First) | The Language of Persuasion (Starts at 30:41) | Football Feminist (Starts at 50:51) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show
Fall Season Must-Sees
Shauna Lyon, editor of The New Yorker's Goings On About Town section, and Carl Swanson, editor-at-large at New York Magazine, preview the fall cultural season.
Candidate-By-Candidate: Secretary Julian Castro
Julian Castro, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama and presidential candidate, discusses his 2020 presidential campaign. Best part of @JulianCastro on @BrianLehrer show is his focus on the issues o
The Human and Environmental Costs of Next Day Shipping
Nicole Nguyen, tech reporter for BuzzFeed News, and Ken Bensinger, investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News, talk about the often unseen and under reported environmental and emotional costs of Amazon's enormous, decentralized, next-day delivery network.
Jobs Report Update: Weak August Numbers
Damian Paletta, White House economic policy reporter for The Washington Post, discusses the August jobs report numbers.