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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Evolving Kosher
Just in time for Passover, Roger Horowitz, food historian, director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at the Hagley Museum and Library in Delaware and the author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Mo
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Tubman on the $20, Liang’s Downgraded Conviction, Sharon Olds' Poetry
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Tubman on the $20 (First) | Liang’s Downgraded Conviction (Starts at 32:16) | Sharon Olds’ Poetry (Starts at 50:18) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can
Everyday Acts of Sexism
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project and the author of Everyday Sexism (A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin, 2016), started gathering women's stories of the daily encounters that left them feeling diminished by sexism. Four years
30 Issues | Comparing the Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans
How would your taxes change under a Trump presidency? Tony Nitti, partner at WithumSmith and Brown and a contributor to Forbes.com, focusing on tax policy, court decisions and planning opportunities, walks us through the tax plans of each of the presiden
Mayor de Blasio Says East New York Won't Turn Out Like Bushwick
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about the new housing plan for East New York and other city news. When asked about the investigations into the Board of Elections and the recent suspension of a chief clerk, the Mayor expressed his frustration and
A New York City Earth Day Check-In
It's Earth Day! We're checking in on New York City's climate resiliency plans. Eddie Bautista, executive director of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and former director of the Mayor’s Office of City Legislative Affairs, said Mayor de Bla
Show Us Your Wild Side, NYC!
New York City is wilder than you think. As spring gets underway, WNYC's Alec Hamilton, an associate producer for Morning Edition and the host and producer of Hypothesis, wants to know what's growing, chirping, or buzzing outside YOUR window. Urban ecolog
30 Issues | Americans are Over (or is it Under)-Taxed
"Read my lips: no new taxes." Those words were spoken by then presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Our #30Issues in 30 Weeks election series continues. This week we ask: who should pay how much in taxes? An
A Poetry Lesson with Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds, award-winning poet who teaches in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University and author of Stag's Leap: Poems (Knopf, 2012), offers an assignment and insight into writing poetry. Advice for young poets: Take your vitamins.
A Greenpeace Captain Tells His Story
Peter Willcox, environmental activist and Greenpeace captain and author of Greenpeace Captain: My Adventures in Protecting the Future of Our Planet (Thomas Dunne Books, 2016), talks about his work with Greenpeace, including attacks by the French military