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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#AsktheMayor: Specialized HS Admissions; Homeless Students; Traffic Enforcement
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including specialized high school admissions, homeless students, and traffic enforcement.
Listeners Report: When the Students Walked Out
After thousands of students walked out of school yesterday to protest for stricter gun control laws, listeners call in to share how their kids' walkouts went yesterday -- what did the kids report? What were the conversations like when they got home? Wer
"Caught" in the Juvenile Justice System
WNYC Studio's new podcast Caught tells the stories of young people -- who are disproportionately people of color -- caught in America's expansive juvenile justice system. Radio Rookies senior producer Kaari Pitkin and juvenile justice advocate Dwayne Bet
Speak to the Speaker
Speaker of the New York City Council Corey Johnson talks about NYCHA, MTA and takes calls from listeners on drug policy and affordable housing. .@NYCSpeakerCoJo here to talk NYCHA & MTA, and take constituent calls: pic.twitter.com/0W3NoxCh86 — Brian
Irish Americans and the Immigration Debate
Joan Walsh, The Nation's national affairs correspondent and a CNN political contributor, discusses the Conor Lamb win, Nikki Haley's tough talk on Russia, and talks about her role in a movement for Irish Americans to take an "Irish Stand," as part of a m
Women's Hard-Fought Right to Vote
Elaine Weiss, journalist and the author of The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Viking, 2018), talks about the fault lines exposed by the battle for the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote (not ratified until 1920), its intersec
Unpacking the Changes at State & C.I.A.
Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War (Simon & Schuster, 2016), offers his take on Tillerson's ouster and the CIA shuffle.
Gov. Murphy on NJ's Budget
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy discusses what was in his first budget address and takes calls from New Jersey residents on school budgets, the Pompton Lakes toxic clean-up, social justice and his push to legalize marijuana in the state, and more. NEWS
#WalkOut and Call In
Right as students across the country walk out of school for 17 minutes (for each of the 17 students killed in Parkland, Florida), WNYC's youth and families reporter Sarah Gonzalez reports on how schools and students in our area have been planning and how
The Progressive Majority is (Still) Coming
Going into the 2016 election, Steve Phillips, civil rights lawyer, founder of Democracy in Color, co-founder of PowerPAC.org and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress predicted a Democratic majority if the party ignored white swing voters. In