The Brian Lehrer Show show

The Brian Lehrer Show

Summary: 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, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin and many others. © WNYC Studios

Podcasts:

 Toy Guns Call In | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:11

Parents, do you let your kids play with toy guns? Water guns? What about when they use their hands to "shoot" their friends? Call in to discuss how you navigate toy guns and your children's play.

 Tuesday Morning Politics: Gun Control and Inflation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:40

Tamara Keith, NPR White House correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics podcast, talks about the latest national political news, including what's happening with gun control after several devastating mass shootings, plus what President Biden is saying and doing on inflation.

 Why Are You Still Working From Home? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:29

Mayor Adams has said people are avoiding the subway because of crime, others are wary of COVID and still others just prefer working in their pajamas. For listeners who are able to — why are you still working from home?

 Malcolm Gladwell Does 'Revisionist History' Live | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:57

Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker staff writer, host of the podcast "Revisionist History" and author of many books, including The Bomber Mafia (Little, Brown & Company, 2021) (paperback out next week), talks about an experimental live show he'll be doing, where the audience and some special guests help re-examine some notorious films from Hollywood's history. →Malcolm Gladwell hosts Revisionist History Live at NYC's Town Hall, Monday, June 6, 2022 at 7:30pm (tickets and more here)

 New Jersey Politics, a Double Murder and a Dead-End Investigation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:11

Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and editor, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show and of the new podcast "Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery," talks about the news that the attorney general is opening an investigation of the double murder at the center of her new podcast.

 Memorial Day History; Elie Mystal on the Constitution; Regional Accents; Edward Sorel; Liza Donnelly | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 108:22

This Memorial Day, we start with a new interview on the history and meaning of the holiday, then some of our recent favorite conversations: More than the start of summer, Memorial Day is about honoring those who died in service to the country. Kenneth C. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About History" series and most recently, Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy (Henry Holt and Company, 2020), talks about the holiday's post-Civil War origin and America's contested history in general. Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), talks about his new book, plus offers analysis of legal news. Erik Singer, dialect coach for film and television, breaks down where the distinctive features of regional accents originate, as listeners share their own accents and why they have, or have not, sought to change them. Edward Sorel, illustrator and author of Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir (Knopf, 2021), talks about his life and his lefty political commentary, delivered through his art. Liza Donnelly, writer and cartoonist at The New Yorker and the author of Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022), talks about some of the women whose cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker over the years, plus how the field has changed through its history.  (You can follow along with the cartoons they discuss at the link below.) The first interview with Ken Davis is newly recorded for today's show.  The others were lightly edited for time and clarity and the original web versions are available here: Elie Mystal 'Retorts' (Mar 1, 2022) What Your (Regional) Accent Says About You (Jan 26, 2022) A New York Illustrator's Personal—and Political—Life (Mar 21, 2022) The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists (Mar 23, 2022)

 Elizabeth Alexander; Climate Change and Food; Debating Cancel Culture; Piping Plover Protection | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 108:22

On this almost-Summer Friday, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations: Building on her New Yorker essay, Elizabeth Alexander, president of The Mellon Foundation, poet, educator, memoirist and scholar, examines the challenges of young Black Americans in her new book, The Trayvon Generation (Grand Central Publishing, 2022). First, listeners discuss ways they've changed their diet to help combat climate change.  Then, Eric Goldstein, New York City environment director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), explains how the various ways of composting help in the fight against climate change. Suzanne Nossel, PEN America chief executive officer, and Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), debate the state of free speech in America. Piping Plovers are tiny endangered shorebirds who spend part of the spring and summer right here in the Rockaways. Chris Allieri, founder of the NYC Plover Project, talks about how volunteers are working to protect the birds as they begin nesting on the beach. These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity; the original web versions are available here: Young and Black in America (Apr 6, 2022) Climate Change and What You Eat (Feb 22, 2022) Climate Change and Composting (Mar 3, 2022) Debating Cancel Culture (Mar 30, 2022) Protecting Piping Plovers (Apr 5, 2022)

 New York Gun Regulation Proposals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:35

Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about renewed calls for regulating guns in the wake of two mass shootings. Plus, New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie (D-20th, Brooklyn), Elections Committee chair, joins the conversation to talk about the just-upheld law he sponsored to hold manufacturers liable for gun violence and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon (D-52nd, Brooklyn) calls in to talk about the red flag bill she sponsored.

 Long COVID Symptoms Can Last More Than a Year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:14

Seth Congdon, MD, assistant professor in the department of medicine at Albert Einstein College and the medical co-director of the Montefiore-Einstein COVID-19 Recovery (CORE) Clinic, discusses the latest information on the lingering effects of COVID-19 infections, some of which have been found to last for more than a year.

 A School Psychologist Shares How to Guide Students -- and Teachers -- Through Trauma | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:37

After the recent shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, school communities across the country are processing what happened and many students and teachers are traumatized. Christina Chester, school psychologist who is the director of psychological services for Montgomery County Schools in Maryland, a member of NASP’s School Safety and Crisis Response Committee, and an author of and master trainer for NASP’s PREPARE School Crisis Response and Intervention training curriculum, talks about how to talk to students about shootings, and how to help teachers and staff process these events.

 Netflix Draws Criticism For 'Anti-Trans' Comedy Specials | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:32

A new comedy special on Netflix has drawn anger over comedy specials that critics and LGBTQ allies have called transphobic. James Factora, freelance writer and reporter, and contributing writer at Them, shares a view of the controversy.

 Gun Policy and Mass Shootings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:06

Christopher Poliquin, assistant professor of strategy at UCLA Anderson School of Management, talks about his research into why tighter gun restrictions aren't passed by lawmakers following mass shootings.

 Uvalde, Texas: Another Community Forced to Cope With a School Shooting | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:28

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Texas Capitol Reporter at The ​Texas Newsroom, talks about the community of Uvalde, Texas and the victims of yesterday's mass shooting at an elementary school.

 Preventing Mass Shootings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:21

Adam Lankford, professor of criminology at the University of Alabama, talks about his study of mass shootings in the U.S. and how to prevent them.

 A Parkland Father Shares What He's Learned About School Safety | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:14

After his daughter was killed in the school shooting in Parkland, Florida in 2018, Tony Montalto, president of the group Stand With Parkland, became an advocate for the safety of students and educators at schools. He shares what he's learned can help.

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