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 14 hours 39 minutes
How to Build a Bike Lane
Shumita Basu, reporter, host and producer in the newsroom, shares what she discovered about how to go about getting a bike lane in your neighborhood and the role of community boards. As @WeTheCommuters Bike Week comes to a close, @shubasu is joining @Bri
The Russian Connection to Seth Rich and How Americans Fall for Conspiracies
Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News, host of the Yahoo podcast "Conspiracyland", co-host of the “Skullduggery” podcast and co-author of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald
A Key Passage of the Mueller Report Read Aloud by Tanzina Vega and Alison Stewart
Every day until the Mueller testimony on July 24, The Brian Lehrer Show will read aloud and explain one salient passage from the report. Tanzina Vega and Alison Stewart read aloud today's passage.
Puerto Ricans in Protest
Pedro Reina-Pérez, director of the Harvard Puerto Rico Winter Institute and professor of humanities at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, talks about the protests raging in San Juan calling on the island's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, to resign
#AsktheMayor: Heat Wave; Officer Pantaleo; Vision Zero
Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. .@NYCMayor on @BrianLehrer outright refusing to admit he has the authority to overrule @NYPDONeill’s decision to not fire Pantaleo, who killed Garner in an il
Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
Douglas Brinkley, history professor at Rice University, CNN Presidential Historian, and author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (Harper, 2019), gives the historical context for the moon landing on July 20, 1969, and talks ab
Speak to the Speaker: Heatwave; ConEd; Cycling
Corey Johnson, Speaker of New York City Council, talks about the latest from the City Council -- and takes calls from listeners.
A Key Passage of the Mueller Report Read Aloud by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield
Every day until the Mueller testimony on July 24, Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield read aloud and explain one salient passage from the report.
Brooklyn DA on Diversion Program
Eric Gonzalez, Kings County district attorney talks about the changing role of prosecutors and defends the diversion program that lets young offenders avoid jail for gun possession charges, but that the NYPD and Mayor de Blasio have criticized.
What is the right way to respond to the President?
In response to the president's racist rhetoric, Texas Rep. Al Green is forcing a Congressional vote on the impeachment of Trump on Wednesday despite the wishes of Democratic leadership. Politico reporter Daniel Strauss discusses the implications of this