The Brian Lehrer Show

Bob Hockett, Cornell Law School professor and professor of public policy at Cornell University, senior counsel at Westwood Capital, policy expert at New Consensus and a fellow of The Century Foundation, lays out the economics behind Congresswoman Alexand

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC including the impact of the Trump administration's tax plan on New Yorkers, and how to preserve affordable housing and still make way for Amazon in Long Island C

Aletha Maybank, physician, NYC Health Department deputy commissioner and founding director at its Center for Health Equity, talks about race and racism in medicine, after racist photos were found on Virginia Gov. Northam's medical school yearbook page.

Irin Carmon, senior correspondent at New York Magazine, contributor at CNN and co-author of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Dey Street Books, 2015)and Jennifer Gunter, board-certified physician in OB/GYN and pain medicine, New Y

Errol Louis, political anchor for NY1 News and host of Inside City Hall, recaps the first televised debate among 10 of the 17(!) candidates on the ballot in the special election for NYC public advocate. →For more information about the candidates and the

Ilya Marritz, WNYC reporter and host of the Trump, Inc. podcast at WNYC, talks about the latest on investigations into the Trump campaign and the Trump inauguration, conducted by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, the special prosecutor's office, and the

Khalil Cumberbatch, chief strategist at New Yorkers United for Justice, a coalition of non-profits that focus on criminal justice reform, talks about the criminal justice reforms his group is pushing New York State to enact, plus discusses the conditions

Christina Greer, co-host of the New York politics podcast FAQ NYC and associate professor of political science at Fordham University, and Mallory Noe-Payne, reporter for WVTF Virginia Public Radio, talk about the scandal engulfing Virginia's statehouse,

Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico, and Ali Velshi, MSNBC anchor and business correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, offer analysis of Pres. Trump's State of the Union address and the Democratic responses from Stacey A

Actress Glenda Jackson, British actor and former Labour Party politician, talks about playing King Lear in the upcoming Broadway production and what Americans can learn from the British healthcare system. Previews of the production begin February 28 at t