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How The 'Big Beautiful Bill' Is Bad for the Climate

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2025/07/08

Zack Colman, climate and energy reporter for POLITICO, reports on new analyses that show the Republicans’ "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will raise greenhouse gas emissions and scale back U.S. climate goals.

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Working Families Party Weighs in on Mamdani's Win

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2025/07/08

Ana María Archila and Jasmine Gripper, co-directors of the New York Working Families Party, reflect on Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani's resounding win in the Democratic primary election, and look ahead to the general election.

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Monday Morning Politics; First Deputy Mayor on the...

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2025/07/07

Loading... On today's show: Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks about the latest national political new including the latest on the budget bill and the president's agenda, and more. Randy Mastro, first deputy mayor of New York City, shares highlights from the city's new budget, including a pilot for free childcare, expanded library hours, legal

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100 Years of 100 Things: You!

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2025/07/07

It's #100 in the centennial series: your stories of how your life differs from, and what it shares with, that of your grandparents, plus a funny family story from your history.

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First Deputy Mayor on the Budget

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2025/07/07

Randy Mastro, first deputy mayor of New York City, shares highlights from the city's new budget, including a pilot for free childcare, expanded library hours, legal assistance for immigrants and more.

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Monday Morning Politics: Washington Reacts to...

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2025/07/07

Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks about the latest national political news including reactions from both sides of the aisle to Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, funding for ICE in the budget bill in light of news of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility in Florida, environmental funding cuts in the wake of floods

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Comptroller Lander; Tick...

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2025/07/05

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Brad Lander Reflects on His Mayoral Campaign (First) | An Abundance of Ticks (Starts at 32:20) | The Voters Who Turned Out for Zohran Mamdani (Starts at 46:41)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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July 4th: 100 Years of America the Superpower;...

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2025/07/04

On this Fourth of July holiday, highlights from our centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things:Richard Haass, American diplomat, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, senior counselor at the global investment firm Centerview Partners, and the author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens (Penguin Press, 2023) reviews the history of American's global influence, from World War I to today. Annie Polland, president of the Tenement Museum, looks at the life and

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July 4th: 100 Years of America the Superpower;...

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2025/07/04

On this Fourth of July holiday, highlights from our centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things:Richard Haass, American diplomat, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, senior counselor at the global investment firm Centerview Partners, and the author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens (Penguin Press, 2023) reviews the history of American's global influence, from World War I to today.Annie Polland, president of the Tenement Museum, looks at the life and

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Summer Best-Of: 100 Years of Summer Camp; Modernism;...

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2025/07/03

For this "Summer Best-Of" we've put together some of our favorite conversations our centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things: Ashley Stimpson, Maryland-based freelance journalist who writes about science and conservation, takes us through the past 100 years of kids going to the woods for summer camp. Victoria Rosner, dean of the Gallatin School at NYU and the author of Machines for Living: Modernism and Domestic Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), talks about the post-World War I

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Summer Best-Of: 100 Years of Summer Camp; Modernism;...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/07/03

For this "Summer Best-Of" we've put together some of our favorite conversations our centennial series, 100 Years of 100 Things:Ashley Stimpson, Maryland-based freelance journalist who writes about science and conservation, takes us through the past 100 years of kids going to the woods for summer camp.Victoria Rosner, dean of the Gallatin School at NYU and the author of Machines for Living: Modernism and Domestic Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), talks about the post-World War I development of

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City Politics with Liz Kim; Health Care and the...

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2025/07/02

Loading... On today's show: After the next round of ranked choice voting results came in, Assembly member Zohran Mamdani's lead grew to 12 points, meaning he easily secured the official Democratic nomination. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, reviews the data and talks about what this means for the general election. Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent, KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, talks about the House and Senate budget bills and what they would

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An Abundance of Ticks

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2025/07/02

The Fordham Tri-State Tick Risk is at 10 out of 10 this summer. Thomas Daniels, research scientist in vector ecology, director of Louis Calder Center in Armonk, the biological field station of Fordham University, talks about what led to the population surge and best practices to avoid picking up ticks outdoors and the diseases they carry.

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City Politics: Mamdani's Winning Streak Continues

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2025/07/02

After the next round of ranked choice voting results came in, assemblymember Zohran Mamdani's lead grew to 12 points, meaning he easily secured the official Democratic nomination. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, reviews the data and talks about what this means for the general election.

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The Voters Who Turned Out for Zohran Mamdani

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2025/07/02

Now that we have the full results of last Tuesday's mayoral primary election, Michael Lange, New York City based researcher, strategist, political organizer, and author of the newsletter "The Narrative Wars" on Substack, talks about the coalition of voters that came together to decisively elect Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani as the Democratic nominee, after correctly predicting the political winds were in his favor, despite polling which showed otherwise.

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Health Care and the Federal Budget Bill

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2025/07/02

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, talks about the House and Senate budget bills and what they would mean for Americans' access to healthcare.

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NYC Has a Budget Deal; Rent Guidelines Board Vote;...

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2025/07/01

Loading... On today's show: Justin Brannan, New York City Councilmember (District 43 - Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach), chair of the Council Finance Committee, explains what's in the city budget for the next fiscal year, including a pilot program for free child care for children under 2 for low-income families, an extension of library hours at ten branches, and more. David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what happened at the Rent Guidelines Board

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What Last Week's Blockbuster Decisions Mean for SCOTUS

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2025/07/01

Ruth Marcus, a contributor to The New Yorker and a former columnist for The Washington Post and the author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover (Simon & Schuster, 2019), talks about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and takes stock of what the Supreme Court's latest decisions mean for the identity of the court and the ability of judges to check executive power.

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Previewing the Results of Ranked Choice Voting

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/07/01

Right before the full results of New York City's ranked choice voting in the mayoral primary is released, Steven Romalewski, director of CUNY Mapping Service in the Center for Urban Research at The Graduate Center, CUNY, talks about his predictions based on the first choice data.

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Gov. Hochul's Proposal for a New Nuclear Plant

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2025/07/01

Patrick McGeehan, reporter for The New York Times covering infrastructure in New York City and surrounding area, talks about Gov. Hochul plan for a new nuclear plant upstate.

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