The Brian Lehrer Show

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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Movie Trivia: Movie Music Edition


John Chaneski, co-host of TriviaNYC's QNA podcast, as well as a puzzle guru on NPR's Ask Me Another, quizzes listeners on movie music trivia.


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 February 28, 2018  10m
 
 

'The U.S. Hasn't Walked Off of The World Stage Completely'


Richard Haass, American diplomat, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order  (Penguin Press, 2017), talks about abdication of U.S. foreign policy under Pr


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 February 28, 2018  13m
 
 

Would Australia’s Gun Laws Work in the US?


After a devastating mass shooting in 1996, Australia enacted sweeping gun laws banning semi-automatic guns, introducing waiting periods, stronger background checks and a government buyback program. Philip Alpers, a University of Sydney professor and foun


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 February 28, 2018  12m
 
 

Oscar Docs 2018: 'Strong Island'


Yance Ford, director of Strong Island, an Oscar-nominated feature-length documentary, tells the story of his brother's murder, how it continues to reverberate in his family, and where it intersected with larger societal currents of history, race, and cri


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 February 28, 2018  14m
 
 

Kushner Gets Downgraded


 Mara Liasson, NPR national political correspondent, reports on the latest national political news including Dick's Sporting Goods decision to stop selling assault style rifles and Jared Kushner's downgraded security clearance.


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 February 28, 2018  17m
 
 

Movie Trivia: Superhero Edition


John Chaneski, co-host of TriviaNYC's QNA podcast, as well as a puzzle guru on NPR's Ask Me Another, quizzes listeners on superhero movie trivia.


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 February 27, 2018  8m
 
 

In Support of Girls


Rachel Simmons, co-founder of the nonprofit Girls Leadership, a leadership development specialist at Smith College, the Girls Research Scholar in Residence at The Hewitt School in New York, talks about her new book, Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Mo


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 February 27, 2018  16m
 
 

Oscar Docs 2018: 'Last Men in Aleppo'


This interview is part of the Brian Lehrer Show's yearly tradition of speaking with the directors of Oscar-nominated documentaries.  Feras Fayyad, director of of "Last Men in Aleppo," tells the stories of Aleppo's so-called White Helmets — the volunteer


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 February 27, 2018  11m
 
 

Kushner's Debts to Russia


Jill Wine-Banks, MSNBC contributor and legal analyst and former Watergate special prosecutor, offers analysis on the latest from the special prosecutor's investigation including the many ways in which Jared Kushner may be compromised because of his debts


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 February 27, 2018  17m
 
 

Jorge Ramos Talks DACA, Mexican Elections and Trump's Boarder Wall


After 35 years in the U.S., the election of President Trump compelled Jorge Ramos, anchor for Noticiero Univision, host Al Punto ("On Point") which airs on Sunday mornings on Univision and the author of Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in th


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 February 27, 2018  16m