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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A Federal Takeover of NYCHA?
HUD secretary Ben Carson is threatening to put NYCHA in "substantial default" if the housing agency does not come up with a satisfactory plan by January 31 to repair the housing stock. Courtney Gross, political reporter at NY1 News, and Judith Goldiner,
The Problem of Motherhood in America
Spurred by her personal realization about America's "messed-up" treatment of motherhood, Amy Westervelt, journalist and the author of Forget "Having It All": How America Messed Up Motherhood —and How to Fix It (Seal Press, 2018), asks, "How did we get he
Children at Risk on the Border
Fernanda Santos, Arizona State University Southwest Borderlands Initiative professor of journalism, discusses the dangerous road taken by immigrant children crossing the southern U.S. border and inside border detention facilities. "There’s a reason why m
Where the Mueller Investigation is Headed
Jill Wine-Banks, MSNBC contributor and legal analyst and former Watergate special prosecutor, offers analysis of where the Mueller investigation stands (and how close it is to the president) after a few busy weeks of activity. "If we don’t stop the Pre
Monday Morning Politics: Obamacare Lawsuit, Catastrophe in Yemen, Looming Government Shutdown
Jim Antle, editor of The American Conservative, and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, talk about the latest national political news, including a recent ruling striking down Obamacare as 'unconstitutional,' the ongoing wa
Experiencing Homelessness On Sesame Street
Sherrie Westin, President of Global Impact and Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop talks about Lily, the Muppet experiencing homelessness who lives on Sesame Street. NOW: @srwestin, president of Global Impact and Philanthropy at @SesameWorkshop, joins us to
Did You Stay or Did You Go?
A Brian Lehrer Show caller said he wanted to leave the US because he didn't like the direction the country was going. So, listeners called in to talk about how they made the decision to stay or go from a community or institution. @BrianLehrer I had the s
Why The 'Law and Order' President Supports Criminal Justice Reform
Inimai Chettiar, director of the justice program at the Brennan Center for Justice, talks about what's in Congress's rare bi-partisan criminal justice reform bill, who it helps, and who it leaves out. "... And meanwhile having an Attorney General that st
#AskTheMayor: Securing NYCHA Funding, Criminal Justice Reform, Working With the Left
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including today's deadline to secure NYCHA funding from the federal government, criminal justice reform, and working with the far Left progressives. "The fact i
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Amazon Faces Heat, Mental Health Advice, Aaron Sorkin
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Amazon Faces New York In Heated Hearings (First) | Advice for Caring for Your Mental Health (Starts at 31:03) | Aaron Sorkin on Broadway (Starts at 56:47) If you don't subscribe to