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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

Mormons are not buying what Donald Trump is selling. Even though Mormons are the most reliably Republican religious group in the country, it's been clearly demonstrated that Trump does very poorly with Mormon voters, says Buzzfeed News senior political w

Jim Sleeper, author and lecturer in political science at Yale University, argues that party elites have created Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, and Trump's popularity exposes a "vacuum" in American political discourse. Sleeper said there's a need to "ra

Keli Goff explores how cultural and demographic shifts are changing the relationships between voters, politicians and presidential candidates in the 2016 elections, and beyond.

This interview was recorded as part of RadioLoveFest, produced by WNYC and BAM. It's an excerpt from a long, live discussion held at BAM in Brooklyn on March 11, 2016, where Brian interviewed Edward Snowden and journalist/filmmaker Laura Poitras. Click h

Roy Blount Jr., regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!, member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel, member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the author of Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations (Sarah Cr

A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Iranian Nobel Prize-Winner Shirin Ebadi (First) | Paying for Academic Journals (Starts at 15:57) | A Former CIA/NSA Head (Starts at 30:23) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer S

Edward Snowden told Brian that the American government is refusing him a fair trial. Here to explain Snowden's claim: Steve Vladeck, a professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law who focuses on federal jurisdiction, constitutional l

Mayor Bill de Blasio joined Brian briefly to discuss his affordable housing plans. Specifically, he addressed his most recent proposal to add another bracket to his rezoning plan, which will now offer the option to developers to set aside 20% of their un

It's only March, but a lot of us already experiencing 2016-election-coverage-fatigue. So tell us: what recent news stories (local, national, or international) have been overshadowed by election news? Call 212-433-9692, or tweet at us @BrianLehrer. Here t