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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Andy Borowitz on Today's News
Andy Borowitz, author, comedian, and creator of The New Yorker's Borowitz Report, a satirical news column, gives his signature satirical take on today's news. "One thing that’s great about Trump is that he loves these dictators… they’re really his kind o
Trump Inc. Recaps Michael Cohen's Testimony
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy at WNYC, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC reporter, co-hosts of the Trump, Inc. podcast, recap and analyze Michael Cohen's much-anticipated testimony before Congress. "Because of what they could possibly tell
Could the Cohen Testimony Be the Beginning of the End?
Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker who writes the weekly online column, "Letter from Trump’s Washington," discusses the Michael Cohen hearings and the latest news out of Washington. "I was actually just trying to do a count of how many claims
How to Open Minds (Lessons from Her Dog)
Irshad Manji, founder of the Moral Courage Project at the University of Southern California and author of Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times (St. Martin's Press, 2019), uses her adoption of her dog Lily, counter to her cultural
Last Minute Public Advocate Roundup
On this special election day, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's City Hall and politics reporter, and Ben Max, executive editor of Gotham Gazette and co-host of the Max & Murphy podcast, share information to help listeners decide who to vote for in this very crow
Gov. Cuomo on MTA Management Revamp and Congestion Pricing Deal
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks Amazon, the MTA and more of the latest in New York State political news. "Mayor de Blasio and I issued a joint plan today that will bring management reforms to the MTA and congestion pricing to the MTA as an ongoing f
How the FBI Protects America Under Trump
Former FBI agent and attorney, Andrew McCabe, joins us to discuss his new book, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump (St. Martin's Press, 2019). Then, listeners weigh in. "It became clear to us that the President was v
Black Migrations 4
The theme for African American history month this year is "Black Migrations." Every Monday in February, Gloria Browne-Marshall, professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, civil rights attorney, ASALH board member and chair o
Trump's North Korea Summit
Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and author of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War (Simon & Schuster, 2016), previews President Trump's upcoming summit with the North Korean leader. "North Korean is not going to get rid of all o
Vatican Summit Against Clerical Sex Abuse
Massimo Faggioli, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University, and author of Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century (Liturgical Press, 2017), and Natalia Imperatori-Lee, professor