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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 172 days 9 hours 19 minutes
Free Speech Clash on College Campuses
Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and the author of The Incredible '60s: The Stormy Years That Changed America (Sky Pony Press, 2015), and Farah Stockman, New York Times reporter who covers race and foreign affairs
#AskTheMayor: NYPD Pay Raise, Mental Health Roadmap, Single-Payer Health Plan
Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
The Power Behind Trump
Eliana Johnson, national political reporter at POLITICO and former Washington editor for National Review, and Scott Shane, reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times and author of Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the
Bringing Vaccines to Court
Anna Kirkland, professor and associate professor of women’s studies and political science at the University of Michigan and author of Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury (NYU Press, 2016), recounts tales from vaccine court, the small special c
Grassroots Pressure for a 'Party of No'
Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA TODAY, discusses the latest on cabinet nominees, confirmations, and how Democrats are reacting to mounting pressure from their constituents to stymie the Trump administration and Republican Congress.
Proactive NY Policies for the Trump Era
Richard Gottfried, New York State Assembly member (D-75th District) and chair of the New York State Assembly Committee on Health, discusses his single payer health care proposal as Republicans seek to repeal Obamacare, and the possibility of amending the
How Millennials Want to Make a Difference
Shauna Shames, assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University at Camden and author of Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why it Matters (New York University Press, 2017), challenges the conventional wisdom t
What You Need to Know About SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch
Elie Mystal, editor-at-large of Above the Law and legal editor for WNYC's podcast More Perfect, and Elizabeth Price Foley, professor of law at Florida International University's College of Law and counsel of the Washington, D.C. office of BakerHostetler,
Taking Back Your Digital Self
Manoush Zomorodi, host and managing editor of WNYC’s Note to Self, previews Note to Self's new project, The Privacy Paradox, which unpacks how to stay connected in the modern world without feeling intruded upon by our services and software.
In Other Trump News
Ana Marie Cox, senior political correspondent for MTV News, founder of the blog Wonkette, and contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Jamil Smith, senior national correspondent for MTV News, discusses the latest news from the President Trump administ