The Brian Lehrer Show

Katherine Kinzler, associate professor of psychology and human development at Cornell University, discusses her study, which found that children who are exposed to multiple languages are better at understanding other people's perspectives and are therefo

If one failed shoe-bombing attempt at an airport prompted a widespread rule to remove shoes during security screenings, what will we take away from the terror attacks in Brussels? Michael Weiss, senior editor at the Daily Beast and co-author of ISIS: Ins

Results are in from last night's voting in Arizona, Utah and Idaho. Bernie Sanders took 2 of the 3 states by wide margins; but Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both won in Arizona, keeping them ahead of the pack on delegates. Abby Phillip, National Polit

Stephanie Coontz, professor of history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia WA, director of research and public education at the Council on Contemporary Families and the author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the N

Jones Hayden, Brussels bureau chief for Bloomberg, gives us an update on the situation in the Belgian capital, where three explosions killed at least 34 people and wounded more than 180 early on Tuesday morning. One explosion has been reported as a suici

President Obama is spending 3 days in Cuba in an attempt to bridge the relationship between the United States and Cuba after decades of closed communication. Listen to the president's speech in Cuba (or watch below). And skip ahead to 33:48 to hear NYU c

All 5 presidential candidates addressed U.S.-Israeli relations in speeches yesterday; everyone but Bernie Sanders spoke before AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee). “Even within this one particular lobby, there’s a great diversity of Jews

David Kilcullen, Senior Future of War Fellow at the New America Foundation, a former Australian professional soldier and chief counterterrorism strategist at the US state department and the author of Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism

Just hypothetically, let’s say you haven’t filed your taxes yet. They’re due April 18th -- you’ve got less than a month to go. And if you plan to download TaxAct or TurboTax, maybe think again: the U.S. Government Accountability Office estimates that fif

In response to a significant increase in opioid overdose deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidelines which recommend that doctors try pain relievers like ibuprofen before prescribing highly addictive medicati