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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Podcasts:
Elizabeth Kim, reporter who covers mayoral power for the People and Power team at Gothamist and WNYC, and Jeff Coltin, City Hall bureau chief at City & State, recap and analyze the executive budget unveiled by Eric Adams in a speech at Kings Theater Tuesday.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about her recent overseas trip and and speaks with constituents about issues closer to home including benefits for post-9/11 veterans.
Brian Lehrer introduces WNYC colleague Nancy Solomon's new podcast: Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery New Jersey politics is not for the faint of heart. But the brutal killing of John and Joyce Sheridan, a prominent couple with personal ties to three governors, shocks even the most cynical operatives. The mystery surrounding the crime sends their son on a quest for truth. Dead End is a story of crime and corruption at the highest levels of society in the Garden State.
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 Rafael Salamanca Jr., talks about his priorities for District 17, which includes the neighborhoods of Concourse Village, Crotona Park East, East Tremont, Hunts Point, Longwood, Melrose, Morrisania, Port Morris, West Farms, North Brother Island, South Brother Island. In our '51 Council Members in 52 Weeks,' we've been asking each member to bring a 'Show and Tell' item.Today, @CMSalamancaJr brought an asthma inhaler, spotlighting a health issue for many of his constituents living in the heart of 'Asthma Alley' in the South Bronx. — The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) April 26, 2022 Catch up with all the interviews here.
Elon Musk has reportedly struck a deal to buy Twitter. Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post tech reporter, and Nahema Marchal, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Zurich and a communication scholar working on the relationship between digital technology, politics and democracy, talk about the billionaire's motivations, and what the new owner will mean for the social media giant.
Jumaane Williams, New York City Public Advocate, now running for the Democratic nomination for Governor, talks about his bid to be the Democratic nominee for governor in 2022.
As three major religious holidays overlap today, listeners share what it means to them to give up something for Lent, fast for Ramadan, or go without leavened bread during Passover.
The Department of Education announced an expansion to the city schools' gifted and talented program. Chalkbeat New York reporter Christina Veiga explains how it will work, what critics are saying and more.
According to a recent article in the New York Times, the Amazon forest in Brazil has lost an area as big as Belgium since Jair Bolsonaro became president in 2019. Manuela Andreoni, writer for the Climate Forward newsletter based in Brazil and a former fellow at the Rainforest Investigation Network, covering the Brazilian Amazon, discusses what Bolsonaro's potential re-election would mean for deforestation in the country and climate change on a global scale.
Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, New York Times columnist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), discusses last month's Consumer Price Index, released Tuesday, and the politics of inflation as Democrats and Republicans play the blame game.
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. NJ Says 'Goodbye' to Plastic Bags (First) | Rhea Ewing's Fine: A Comic About Gender (Starts at 14:30) | Negotiating College Financial Aid (Starts at 43:00) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.
Ann Givens, public safety editor for WNYC/Gothamist, and Paul Barrett, deputy director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and the author of Glock: The Rise of America's Gun (Broadway Books, 2013), talk about the gun used by the subway shooter, and how systems failed the alleged shooter and New Yorkers.
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 Pierina Ana Sanchez, talks about her priorities for District 14, which includes the neighborhoods of Morris Heights, University Heights, Fordham and Kingsbridge. For "Show and Tell," Council Member Sanchez told us about The Kingsbridge Armory, located at Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road. Add Caption Here (Isaak Liptzin/WNYC) Catch up with all the interviews here.
From Google Maps to vehicle backup cameras and beyond, technology helps us navigate our worlds. Listeners call in to share what tech tools they can't live without, and what happened when they had to live without them.
M. Chris Fabricant, director of strategic litigation for the Innocence Project and the author of Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System (Akashic Books, 2022), talks about cases in which forensic "science" led to wrongful convictions and tries to push back on the idea (from shows like CSI) that forensics takes human error out of the equation.
