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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, Death, Sex & Money, Nanc ...
Thrillist Media Group is a collective of three brands that target a young, urban, male demographic: Food, drink, and travel publication "Thrillist;" members-only shopping club JackThreads; and fashion, music, and culture publication "The Crosby Press." Join Ben Lerer, cofounder and CEO, and Annie Trombatore, Director of Product Development, as they discuss their journey to becoming a top online brand.
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Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult Warns Against Book Bans
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In a recent op-ed for the Daily Beast, bestselling author Jodi Picoult condemned the removal of several books, including 20 of her own, from a school district in Florida. Many of these challenges were filed by a single person. Jodi Picoult and Suzanne Nossel, PEN America chief executive officer, explain what's at stake as states and local governmen…
Marc Hachadourian, NYBG’s director of glasshouse horticulture and curator of orchids, joins to discuss the New York Botanical Garden's Orchid Show and give tips to listeners on how to care for them.By WNYC
Matthew Desmond, sociology professor at Princeton University, 2015 MacArthur fellow, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Crown, 2016) and his latest, Poverty, by America (Crown, 2023), draws on research and reporting to make the case that poverty persists in the U.S. (at higher levels than in …
Zohran K. Mamdani, New York assembly member for District 36 in Queens, discusses the state budget process and potential fixes for the MTA.By WNYC
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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Council Speaker Adams, Women in Con. Law, NYC Retirees
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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Speaker Adams on the State of the City (First) | Women's Work: Constitutional Law (Starts at 32:53) | NYC Retirees Speak Out About Health Plan Changes (Starts at 47:20) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.…
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When Your College is the NCAA Cinderella Story
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Princeton. St. Peter's. Fairleigh Dickinson. None of these schools are basketball powerhouses, but in the past couple years, all have been Cinderella stories in the men's NCAA tournament. Listeners call in to talk about what it means to cheer for a team at schools like this, where sports were never the main focus (and fans of the sports powerhouses…
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Comptroller Lander Talks NYPD OT, the City's Economy and More
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Brad Lander, New York City comptroller, talks about his recent report on NYPD overtime, the city's economy and his priorities for the state budget.By WNYC
TikTok's CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress Thursday in an adversarial hearing. Louise Matsakis, tech reporter for Semafor, recaps the hearing and talks about why members of Congress are so concerned about the wildly popular app.By WNYC
The Ugandan parliament has passed a law which would ban identifying as LGBTQ+ and imposes lengthy prison sentences or even the death penalty for some acts. Neela Ghoshal, senior director of law and policy at Outright International, explains how the new law builds on existing legislation and how it connects to homophobia around the world. Plus: Rich…
As part of Women's History Month, we're sharing stories of the women who moved into traditionally-male professions. Today, Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, talks about the field of constitutional law, especially relevant less than one year after Roe v Wade was overturned, and 100 years after the Equal Rights A…
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NYC Retirees Speak Out About Health Plan Changes
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New York City municipal retirees are speaking out against a plan that would force them to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan run by Aetna. Marianne Pizzitola, president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees and FDNY EMS Retirees, explains why the retirees are furious and what they'd like to see happen instead.…
Neil Gross, sociology professor at Colby College in Maine, former police officer, and author of Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture (Metropolitan Books, 2023), argues police culture can become more humane and effective using the examples of three departments whose chiefs made it happen—in Stockton, Califor…
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France's Controversial Pension Reform Moves Ahead
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After a surviving two no-confidence vote against French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, Roger Cohen, Paris bureau chief for The New York Times and author of several books, most recently, An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics (Knopf, 2023), discusses what's next for France's pension reform which would raise the age of retireme…
Jeanna Smialek, reporter covering the Federal Reserve and the economy for The New York Times and the author of Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis ( Knopf, 2023), and Cara Eisenpress, senior tech reporter at Crain's New York, join to discuss how the continued fallout after the Silicon Valley and Signature Bank collapses migh…
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The Politics of the Potential Indictment of Former President Trump
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Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the politics of the potential indictment of former President Trump by the Manhattan DA.By WNYC
Joy Harjo, former US Poet Laureate, discusses a new a picture book adaption of her poem, "Remember." The book, illustrated by Caldecott medalist Michaela Goade, invites young readers to reflect on the world around them.BOOK: Remember (Random House Studio, 2023)By WNYC
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The City's Latest Plan to Help New Yorkers With Their Mental Health
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Mayor Adams released a new mental health plan that aims to help teenagers with mental health issues, reduce overdose deaths, and bring more services to people living with serious mental illness. Ashwin Vasan, MD, Ph.D., New York City Health Commissioner, talks about how the city will accomplish these goals.…
Adrienne Adams, New York City Council Speaker (District 28, Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill, and South Ozone Park), talks about her recent State of the City address and the work of the council.By WNYC
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Attorneys for Children in New York Face an 'Unprecedented Crisis'
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Inadequate funding for legal organizations that represent children in New York State Family Courts has left attorneys overburdened, exacerbating conditions recently characterized as "dehumanizing". Dawne Mitchell, chief attorney of the Juvenile Rights Practice at the Legal Aid Society of New York City, explains what this means for children and fami…
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New York Water Week and Climate Resiliency
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Running alongside the U.N. Water Conference, New York Water Week brings leaders across fields to share ideas and solutions for water challenges around the world. Matthijs Bouw, a Dutch architect and urbanist and founder of One Architecture and Urbanism, and Edgar Westerhof, VP at Arcadis Global design & consultancy, talk about some of NYC's big res…
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Awaiting the (Potential) Indictment of Trump
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The Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is expected to announce an indictment of former President Trump over hush money he paid connected to an affair back in 2016. Andrew Weissmann, professor of criminal and national security law at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office and the author of Where Law Ends: Inside the Mu…
Listeners who used to be famous -- former members of popular bands, child actors -- call in to talk about their old lives...and their new, regular lives and jobs.By WNYC
Jane McAlevey, organizer, senior policy fellow at the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, The Nation's strikes correspondent and co-author of Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), draws on case studies of recent successful negotiations to of…
On the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Major General Johnny Davis, commanding general of the US Army Recruiting Command and Fort Knox, Kentucky, talks about what he is doing to address what the army says is a recruiting crisis, explains why he thinks the service is a good option for younger Americans and talks about the roots of the low n…
Jim Himes, U.S. Representative (D, CT-4), discusses the uncertainty in the banking sector and the latest national-security-related headlines, from Ukraine to Jan 6 and Donald Trump.By WNYC
