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
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We spend two hours talking about coaching, from sports to professional life, parents and coaches, and how coaches can influence our bodies and minds. First, a call-in for you to talk about your best and worst coaches and what they taught you. Plus Stefan Fatsis, panelist on Slate's Hang Up and Listen, sports correspondent for All Things Considered, and author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, takes your calls and discusses what makes for a good coach, from the pro level down to youth soccer.
Meet Natalie Randolph, a teacher at Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., and one of the first women to coach a high school football team. She discusses her experience, and how she sees parallels between teaching and coaching.
Janet Harvey, former president and chair of the board for the International Coach Federation, talks about how coaching works - and is certified - at the professional level, from life-coaches to business mentors and more.
Lee Fang, contributing writer for The Nation, reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, and author of The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right (The New Press, 2013), talks about his investigation into the investment practices of New Jersey's public pensions by the Christie administration.
For many of us, caffeine is a huge part of our daily lives, but we actually know very little about it. Murray Carpenter, journalist and the author of Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us (Hudson Street Press, 2014) explains the history and effects of this addictive, legal, "performance-enhancing" drug, and answers some basic "caffeine conundrums." Our List of Caffeine Conundrums It has all the effects of a drug, but we don't necessarily think of it as a drug. It's a huge part of our daily lives, for decades and decades, but we think of it very casually. We know it's working, but we're not sure how. A lot of us drink it every day, but we still haven't figured out exactly how much is enough. It works on almost everyone, but in really different ways. A cup of coffee is almost entirely water, but does it dehydrate us?
Capital New York reporter Jimmy Vielkind discusses the New York State budget wrangling as the April 1 deadline to pass a budget approaches - including funding for charter schools and universal pre-k.
Kate Hinds, WNYC transportation reporter, and Jim Cameron, founder of the Commuter Action Group, discusses the Federal Railroad Administration's report on Metro North, which was prompted by the fatal train derailment in The Bronx last December. The report found that the agency prioritized punctuality over safety, along with other troublesome issues.
The US is rejecting the overwhelming referendum by Crimeans to re-join Russia. Indira Lakshmanan, senior foreign policy correspondent for Bloomberg News, discusses what comes next inside the Ukraine and how the US and the EU will respond.
On St. Patrick's Day, Niall O'Dowd, publisher of the website IrishCentral.com, founder of Irish America Magazine and Irish Voice newspaper, and former chairman of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, explains why some in the Irish-American community feel that the new mayoral administration is slighting them.
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Neil deGrasse Tyson (First) | Mt. Sinai Investigation (Starts at 24:30) | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Starts at 38:00) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.
In collaboration with Record Setter, we set the WORLD RECORD FOR MOST DIGITS OF PI RECITED BY CALLERS TO A PUBLIC RADIO TALK SHOW. Dan Rollman, CEO of Record Setter, supervised the proceedings and certified the results. Watch the video below, we'll update this page with a link to the record on RecordSetter when it's available.
An open phones segment in which we discuss "Ban Bossy", a campaign by Sheryl Sandberg and the Girl Scouts to ban the use of the word that they say discourages young girls from taking on leadership positions. What do you think?
Edward Frenkel, Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, and author of Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality (Basic Books, 2013), celebrates Pi Day - it's 3.14 after all. Frenkel explains why the irrational number that goes on and on and on... is beautiful and elegant.
It's been a week since Flight 370 disappeared en route to Beijing. Patrick Smith, an airline pilot who blogs at AskThePilot.com, and author of Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel (Sourcebooks), talks about what is known and unknown about the flight and the search, and takes your calls and questions. // Post by Brian Lehrer.
Governor Andrew Cuomo discusses the continued back and forth between NYC and Albany over funding Universal pre-K throughout the city and state -- and other education issues like charters and 'common core" standards.
