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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Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, talks about the latest national political news, and talks about the first 100 days of the Biden administration.
U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D - Washington, DC) talks about the DC-statehood bill that passed the House last week, and why it's important to her and her constituents that the District becomes the 51st state.
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Larry Krasner's 'Progressive Prosecution' (First) | Rutgers Pres. Holloway on the Chauvin Verdict — and Vaccine Mandates (Starts at 25:35) | Covering Climate Now: Electric Vehicles (Starts at 48:42) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.
More than half the nation’s adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Now it’s going to take some hard work to reach and convince the rest. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, and Elena Tate, volunteer for Epicenter-NYC, talk about volunteering to sign people up for vaccinations, and how that work is shifting to door knocking and community outreach.
After a week of listeners documenting their plastic use with the #PlasticChallenge, Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics, visiting professor at Bennington College, and former EPA Region 2 administrator, talks about which plastics are actually recyclable, and answers your questions on the topic.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including the expanded access to walk-in vaccines at city sites, NYPD's record of dealing with New Yorkers in mental health crisis and the city's recycling program.
Jonathan Capehart, member of The Washington Post editorial board, hosts the “Cape Up” podcast the Washington Post Live's First Look and host of The Sunday Show on MSNBC, reviews this week in national politics, including the conclusion of Derek Chauvin's conviction for the murder of George Floyd, Biden's record on race and the future of police reform.
Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, April 2021), talks about the role of Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker and her impact on national politics. →EVENTS: Thursday, May 6 at 7pm ET with The Cornell Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, moderated by former Long Island Congressman Steve Israel. Register: events.cornell.edu Monday, May 10 at 8:30pm ET, a virtual book event with the Bay Area bookstore Book Passage. Register: Bookpassage.com/event
Rachel Holliday Smith, reporter for The City, and Gwynne Hogan, reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the latest news from the campaign trail for Manhattan district attorney.
On Earth Day: Laura Helmuth, editor-in-chief of Scientific American, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, professor and chair in Earth Sciences, Life & Environmental Sciences Department at the University of California-Merced, and Sir David King, founder and chair of the Centre for Climate Repair, talk about the climate emergency we're living in, and where we go from here.
Climate change is changing migration patterns and forcing people to move for survival. Abrahm Lustgarten, senior reporter investigating climate and our response to a rapidly changing environment at ProPublica, talks about how this should inform policy here in the United States, and how it affects the politics of immigration. →The Great Climate Migration (ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, 2020)
Jamil Smith, senior correspondent for Vox, reacts to the guilty verdict of Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, and talks about how it fits into the movement for racial justice.
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University and the author of The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans (Oxford University Press, 2021), puts the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin in historical context, plus talks about the news that Rutgers will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students returning to campus in the fall.
Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice at WNYC, offers legal analysis of the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd last year.
Seth Blumsack, professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs and director of the Center for Energy Law and Policy at Penn State University, talks about the status of rooftop solar panels and the power grid. Plus, Tim Cawley, president and chief executive of Con Edison, talks about one program to install solar panels on the roofs of some NYCHA buildings while providing job training to residents, and the role of rooftop solar panels and other renewable energy in meeting New York's electricity needs.
