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:

 "Fareness" Panel and Equity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:09

David Jones, president and chief executive officer of the Community Service Society of New York, currently serving on the MTA board, talks about his role on the MTA's blue ribbon "fareness" panel seeking ways to end farebeating on the subway and how it can achieve that goal equitably.

  Happy Birthday Jane Jacobs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:34

Listeners call in to honor urbanist Jane Jacobs, who advocated walkability and neighborhood appreciation, with the parts of their communities that make them slow down and appreciate the city around them.

 Brian Lehrer Weekend: End of Roe; Leaf Blowers; MTA Chief Janno Lieber | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 87:30

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Preparing for the End of Roe v Wade (First) | Banning Leaf Blowers (Starts at 32:40) | MTA Chief Janno Lieber (Starts at 1:01:50) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

 Behind the Scenes of Pres. Biden's First Year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:52

Alexander Burns, national political correspondent for The New York Times, political analyst for CNN, and the co-author (with Jonathan Martin) of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future (Simon & Schuster, 2022), talks about his new book, an account of the 2020 election and first year of the Biden administration, plus offers analysis of current politics.

 How Social Media Has Changed The War In Ukraine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:05

Aric Toler, director of training & research at Bellingcat, discusses how social media and other publicly available internet tools have helped journalists and researchers uncover, verify and preserve evidence of war crimes and other battlefield realities in Ukraine and beyond.

 Ask a Virologist: Omicron BA.2 Subvariants | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:52

Brianne Barker, virologist and immunologist, associate professor of biology at Drew University, and co-host of the podcast This Week in Virology, explains what's known about newly discovered COVID variants and omicron sub-variants and puts data about vaccine effectiveness in context.  

 New York After Roe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:27

Liz Krueger, New York State Senator (D, WF - 28th, Manhattan's East Side) and chair of the Finance Committee, and Alessandra Biaggi, State Senator representing New York's 34th Senate District, running in the Democratic primary in the 3rd congressional district, talk about how New York will be affected should Roe v. Wade be overturned, plus the state's new lieutenant governor and redistricting re-do.

 Wednesday Morning Politics with Rep. Rice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:45

U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (D 4th) talks about the issues facing Congress and her Long Island district, including the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade and why she is not seeking another term in office.

 How Your Religious Beliefs and Abortion Co-Exist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:02

The (mostly Christian) religious right is seeing the fruits of its labors as the Supreme Court appears prepared to overrule Roe v. Wade. Listeners of faith who are pro-choice call in to share how they talk about this issue to others who share their faith but are anti-abortion.

 MTA Chair Janno Lieber on Turnstile Jumping, Subway Ridership & More | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:28

John "Janno" Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), talks about the "blue-ribbon" panel looking at transit fare-beating and subway crime and lagging transit ridership.

 Preparing for the End of Roe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:50

Jessica Bruder, Brooklyn-based journalist and author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (W. W. Norton & Company, 2017), talks about her reporting for The Atlantic on the underground network of activists who have been preparing for the potential that the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade and the right to legal abortion.  

 51 Council Members in 52 Weeks: District 18, Amanda Farías | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:14

The majority of the New York City Council members are new, and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Amanda Farías talks about her priorities for District 18, which spans parts of the Southeast Bronx, including the neighborhoods of Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Clason Point and Harding Park.  In our '51 Council Members in 52 Weeks,' we've been asking each member to bring a 'Show and Tell' item. Today, @AmandaFariasNYCbrought a photo of her w/Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up in the district. (photo courtesy the council member) pic.twitter.com/ONzIVoUrtQ — The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) May 3, 2022   Catch up with all the interviews here.

 A Leaked Document Shows SCOTUS Likely to Overrule Roe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:58

Politico published a leaked document that appears to be written by Supreme Court Justice Alito, and shows the court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mary Ziegler, professor at Florida State University College of Law, currently a visiting professor of constitutional law at Harvard and the author of Abortion and the Law in America: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2020), talks about what this means and what comes next for abortion rights in America.

 True Crime and Politics in New Jersey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:59

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 her new podcast that examines the unsolved 2014 killing of John and Joyce Sheridan in their Somerset County home and what the investigation says about crime and corruption in New Jersey.

 Second Amazon Union Vote Fails on Staten Island | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:56

Despite last month's huge win for labor organizers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, not enough workers at a second warehouse on the campus voted to form a union. Gwynne Hogan, reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what was different about this warehouse and why organizers weren't able to mobilize enough yes votes.

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