The Brian Lehrer Show

As the person credited with saving the MTA from the brink of collapse when he ran it in the late 70s and early 80s, Richard Ravitch, former New York State Lt. Governor and member of the State Budget Crisis Task Force and author of So Much to Do: A Full L

Keesha Middlemass, an assistant professor of political science at Trinity University in Texas and author of Convicted and Condemned: The Politics and Policies of Prisoner Reentry(NYU Press, 2017), examines prisoner reentry from the felons' perspective. B

Paul Massey, a millionaire real estate sales executive, unexpectedly dropped out of the NYC mayoral race last week. This left Nicole Malliotakis as the presumptive Republican nominee. Malliotakis currently represents parts of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Stat

Back in the 2016 presidential election, Hilary Clinton's private server emails were hacked. But who actually obtained the emails and why? Shane Harris, a national security reporter at the Wall Street Journal, may be the closest to an answer. Harris discu

New Jersey residents were not able to enjoy state parks and beaches over the July 4th holiday weekend as a result of the government shutdown. Sal Rizzo, editor of Observer NJ, reports on what really happened with the state budget leading to the shutdown.

With nationalism on the rise, what is the importance of the flags representing our countries? Tim Marshall, a long-time foreign affairs reporter, tries to answer this in his new book, A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols  (S

Last month, the world watched in horror as the Grenfell Tower in London went up in flames. As London tries to understand how the fire started and could've been prevented, NYC is taking a closer look at our own fire safety. Bob Hennelly, an investigative

NPR national political correspondent, Mara Liasson, reports on the latest national political news, including President Donald Trump's lack of an agenda for the G20 Summit and how that will play out with his first face-to-face with Russian President Vladi

Listeners weigh in on what's fresh about the idea of the United States and what's getting a little creaky with age that could use some updating. That gerrymandered majorities in some states skew the bias of congress so severely that we have nothing left

When Mika Brzezinski acted as a political commentator being critical of President Trump for his job performance, he fought back by claiming that she was bleeding badly from a facelift and attacking her looks. Brian asks women listening to weigh in on the