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: 171 days 18 hours 39 minutes
Rushdie Returns to Realism
Salman Rushdie, novelist and essayist, author of The Golden House (Random House, 2017), The Satanic Verses (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008), Midnight's Children (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006), talks about his return to realism with his latest
Monday Morning Politics: Immigration Rhetoric, Policy, and Approval Ratings
Perry Bacon Jr., senior political writer at FiveThirtyEight, talks about the latest on the Trump administration's immigration policies and rhetoric. .@perrybaconjr: Trump is speaking to perceptions of immigration--such as where immigrants come from and h
Meet the Candidates: New York's 14th Congressional
Joseph Crowley, U.S. Representative (D NY14), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and chair of the Queens Queens County Democratic Party, asks voters in his district covering The Bronx and Queens from Pelham Bay to Elmhurst for their support in Tues
The Eights | Brian Lehrer on On the Media
Brian joined WNYC's On the Media to recap our history of the culture wars, decade by decade since 1948, with On the Media host Bob Garfield.
The Eights | 2018
The Brian Lehrer Show, in conjunction with The Harris Poll, looks at the history of the American Culture Wars in our lifetimes, as seen through years that end with the number 8. Catch up on this week's archival audio and conversations with listeners and
Brian Lehrer Weekend: NY Primary Preview, Inequality in NYC, Hari Kondabolu
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. New York Congressional Primary Preview (First) | Race, Gender & Salaries in NYC (Starts at 23:31) | Hari Kondabolu on Laughing at Identity Politics (Starts at 48:37) If you don't
The Pride Parade: Then & Now
Jim Downs, professor of history at Connecticut College and the author of Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation, Natalie James, an organizer with Reclaim Pride Coalition and queer caucus of NYC Democratic Socialist of America, and David Stu
David Sanger on Cyber War Games
David Sanger, national security correspondent for The New York Times and the author of The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age (Crown, 2018), on America's vulnerability to cyberattacks by global adversaries.
Meet the Candidates: New York's 9th Congressional
U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke (D NY9) asks voters in her district covering Crown Heights and other Central Brooklyn neighborhoods for their support in Tuesday's primary. For more information about her campaign, click here. Then, Adem Bunkeddeko, comm
#AskTheMayor: How NYC is Helping Family Reunification
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including how the City is helping reunite children and parents through legal services in absence of a cohesive federal plan and much more.