The Brian Lehrer Show

For millions of Muslims, Ramadan means no eating and no drinking during daylight hours for a full month. We ask observers how they are balancing the act of honoring Ramadan while leading busy lives.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, junior United States Senator from Rhode Island and author of Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy, talks about how corporations, through dark money, buy political influence on every level of the governmen

Ahead of Thursday's public hearing in Manhattan, New York Senator John Liu (D, 11-Queens), chair of the NYC Education Committee, talks about Albany's role in addressing diversity in NYC schools, including proposals to change the admissions process at the

Rohina Hoffman, fine art photographer, neurologist and author of Hair Stories (Damiani, 2019), explores the significance of women's hair through her art and interviews with women of varying ages and ethnicities. When my mother started losing her hair due

Krishna Andavolu, correspondent for Vice News Tonight, and Jamie Tarabay, a correspondent for The New York Times based in Sydney, Australia, discuss the dramatic election results in India and Australia, and take listener calls.

Beth Fertig, WNYC senior reporter covering courts and legal affairs, talks about her latest reporting on the city's immigration courts, and the pressures that judges are under. "It’s very frightening for the people going," to immigration court in NYC, sa

Michael Scherer, national political reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the latest in the skirmish between Congress and the White House over subpoenas for information and testimony, and the reports of growing support for starting formal impeach

Scott Jaschik, editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed., explains why the College Board plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT. The score is meant to assess the student's economic and social background.

Attorney, law professor, equal rights activist and recipient of the 2019 PEN Courage award, Anita Hill and PEN America chief executive officer, Suzanne Nossel talk about Prof. Hill's work on behalf of gender and racial equality and her award. There will

Mara Gay, New York Times editorial board member and Phil Stinson, professor and criminologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, reports on the latest from the administrative trial of police officer Daniel Pantaleo who killed Eric Garner in 2015.