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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The Resistance on Day 98


One of the first guests on the show following the inauguration, Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University law professor and activist, talks about the emoluments clause lawsuit and gives her assessment of the Trump presidency, so far. "Resistance is great, but


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 April 27, 2017  22m
 
 

A Map of Countries That Don't Exist


A map of the world shows nearly 200 countries with borders that seem set in stone, but it turns out that there is a whole shadow world of countries that don't officially exist — at least not on world maps today. Nick Middleton, geographer, author, and te


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 April 27, 2017  18m
 
 

This Is the Reactionary Era


Andrew Sullivan, author, political commentator and now columnist for New York Magazine, talks about the pervasive divisiveness in Western politics, including in France, Britain and the United States and how the Left has to address the concerns of constit


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 April 26, 2017  30m
 
 

Winona LaDuke Reflects on Standing Rock


Winona LaDuke, longtime Native American activist, rural development economist, author and executive director of the group Honor the Earth, recounts her year spent living in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to protest the completion of the (now-approv


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 April 26, 2017  20m
 
 

Suing for Subway Access


What's it like getting around the New York City for people with disabilities?   "There is approximately 20 percent accessibility level," says Michelle Caiola, director of litigation in Disability Rights Advocate’s New York Office. "This is a civil rights


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 April 26, 2017  22m
 
 

The Most Powerful Couple in the West Wing


Edward-Isaac Dovere, chief White House correspondent for Politico, discusses reports that President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn violated federal laws by failing to disclose payments he received from Russian Organizations and de


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 April 26, 2017  35m
 
 

French Identity Politics


Alissa Rubin, The New York Times bureau chief in Paris, talks about the results of the French election on Sunday and next month’s run-off between the top two candidates, plus deconstructs how the French identity is wrapped up in the country’s politics.


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 April 25, 2017  32m
 
 

Oslo: Theater of Diplomacy


The playwright J.T. Rogers discusses the new Broadway production of his play, "Oslo," based on the negotiations that led to the 1993 Oslo accord between the Palestinians and Israelis.


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 April 25, 2017  21m
 
 

Speaking Freely


The United States may be behind other advanced nations when it comes to treating healthcare as a human right, but American law protects free speech as a right more often and more intensely than anywhere in the world. Floyd Abrams, a senior partner in the


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 April 25, 2017  27m
 
 

Governor Kasich Is Worried About the Future


John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio who ran for president in 2016 and is the author of Two Paths: America Divided or United (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017), looks back on the tumult of the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination and wher


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 April 25, 2017  28m