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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 172 days 6 hours 10 minutes
Northeast Cannabis Legalization Update
Alyson Martin, cofounder of Cannabis Wire and reporting adjunct at Columbia Journalism School, discusses marijuana legalization developments in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts. "Almost every state takes a completely different approach wh
TRussia This Week
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy and host of the Trump Inc. podcast at WNYC, and Marcy Wheeler, independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties for her site, Empty Wheel, talk about the latest development
McFaul on Putin's "Incredible Offer"
Michael McFaul, professor of political science, director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, and author of From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia(Houghton Miffl
Treating Addiction Without Stigma
Dr. Lloyd Sederer, adjunct professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the author of The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs (Scribner, 2018), looks at approaches to addiction treatment that h
Protecting Data Use "Borders"
Michael Chertoff, executive chairman and co-founder of The Chertoff Group, a security consulting company, former Homeland Security Secretary, and the author of Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018
Montenegro and OtherTrump-Putin Summit Fallout
James Hohmann, national political correspondent for The Washington Post, author of The Daily 202 and anchor of Power Post, and Cristina Maza, reporter covering foreign policy and international affairs for Newsweek, explain the reference to Montenegro in
Albany Update: Corruption Convictions and Statewide Races
Vivian Wang, reporter for the Metro Desk at The New York Times covering state politics in Albany, talks about latest developments in the governor's race, public corruption trials and other news from the state capital. She's joined by New York State Asse
The Legal Consequences of Child Abuse By Government
Dr. Irwin Redlener, president emeritus and co-founder of the Children's Health Fund, professor of pediatrics and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, and the author of The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Chil
Getting Past White Defensiveness
Robin DiAngelo, antiracist educator and author of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Beacon Press, 2018), explains how the fear of being challenged racially in America fosters inequality and shuts down cross-racial d
The Jail Next Door
Harrison DiPrinzio, reporter at City Limits, discusses his reporting on how different communities in New York City react to jails in their communities, and Mychal Johnson, co-founder of South Bronx Unite, talks about his opposition to a proposed jail sit