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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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Black Migrations I, Glenda Jackson as King Lear, Public Advocate Candidates
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Black Migrations I (First) | Glenda Jackson as King Lear (Starts at 22:00) | Public Advocate Candidates (Starts at 40:58) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes,
Succeed Through Failing
Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, former NYC deputy public advocate, and the author of Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder (Currency, 2019), shares her insights into achieving success through facing the risk of fail
Adult-Onset Food Allergies Become More Common
Ruchi Gupta, pediatrician and professor of pediatrics and medicine at Northwestern Medicine and director of the Science and Outcomes of Allergy and Asthma Research Team at Northwestern, talks about a recent study where she found more than 10 percent of A
The Economics of the Green New Deal
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
#AskTheMayor About Amazon and Affordable Housing
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
Northam Photo Follow Up: Racism & Medicine
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.
Abortion: Medicine vs. Politics
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
(Many) Candidates for Public Advocate Debate
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
Investigations Update: SDNY, Mueller and Congress
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
A Push for Criminal Justice Reforms in New York
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