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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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including the start of the public school year and the return of city worker to their offices. With NYC public schools set to open on Monday, Mayor de Blasio announces to @BrianLehrer a new vaccine mandate for students 12+ who participate in 'high risk' activities like chorus, band, cheerleading, step. City already required eligible student athletes to get vaccinated. — Jessica Gould (@ByJessicaGould) September 10, 2021
Rowaida Abdelaziz, national reporter for HuffPost where she focuses on immigration, Islamophobia, and social justice issues, joins to discuss how being Muslim in the United States changed after the September 11th attacks.
When Naomi Osaka announced her recent break from tennis, she noted when she wins, she only feels relief, not joy. Overachievers call in to talk about whether they identify with this feeling, and how it manifests in their lives.
The majority of federal workers and contractors who do business with the government are now required to get vaccinated, according to an executive order President Biden signed Thursday. New York Times reporters Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Washington correspondent covering health policy, and Apoorva Mandavilli, who covers science and global health, talk about Biden's new plan to fight the delta variant, which also puts pressure on private businesses and states to enact stricter vaccination and testing policies.
Maurizio Guerrero, investigative journalist and Documented's Isaac Rauch immigration reporting fellow, reports on deaths at construction sites, where the victims are usually Latino, undocumented and non-union workers, and argues that the construction and real estate industries' power means no one is held properly accountable.
Catherine Rampell, syndicated opinion columnist at The Washington Post, political/economic commentator at CNN and special correspondent at PBS NewsHour, and C. Nicole Mason, president and CEO of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, talk about where things stand in the pandemic economic recovery.
Tony Perry, mayor of Middletown New Jersey, which lost more residents on 9/11 than any municipality outside of New York City, and Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for The New York Times, talk about how two communities at the epicenter of the terrorist attacks were changed forever, and how they have moved on. →"Middletown Remembers 9/11/01" →"Rebuilding Ground Zero Was a Mess. Lower Manhattan Bloomed Anyway." by Michael Kimmelman (NYT, Sept. 8. 2021)
New York Times columnist Dan Barry wrote recently about what people mean when they say "Never forget" in connection to 9/11. Listeners call in to share what the phrase means to them. And now a call-in on the phrase, “9/11: Never Forget.”What does Never Forget mean to you? Does it mean collective grief, patriotism, jingoism, a command to never move on, or community love and support. Call in: 646-435-7280 — The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) September 9, 2021
WNYC/Gothamist reporters Jessica Gould and Sophia Chang talk about the knowns and unknowns of public school reopening in New York City.
New York State Senator Jessica Ramos (D, District 13, Queens) talks about President Joe Biden's visit to her district and the flooding recovery efforts underway.
Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, discusses America's changing role in the world since the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
Listeners under 35 -- who were kids on September 11th -- talk about how 9/11 changed their childhoods.
Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, discusses the latest national political developments.
Jim O'Grady, WNYC features reporter, talks about how NYC policing was changed by the events of 9/11.
Jay Van Bavel, associate professor of Psychology & Neural Science at New York University and the co-author of The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony (Little, Brown Spark, 2021), talks about the way terrorist attacks affect communities.
