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'Bad Vibes' at the Supreme Court

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2025/05/28

Leah Litman, professor of law at the University of Michigan and a former Supreme Court clerk, co-host of the podcast "Strict Scrutiny" and the author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2025), offers her take on the current Supreme Court, the major decisions coming this term and why she says it's running as “no law, just vibes.”

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NJ Sen. Andy Kim; CUNY Loses Research Funding;...

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2025/05/27

Loading... On today's show: U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey. CUNY recently lost federal funding for more than 70 research grants. Denis Nash, professor of epidemiology at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and executive director of CUNY’s Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, talks about the funding he recently lost on research related to COVID vaccine uptake, plus comments on the

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Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim: Rep. McIver's...

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2025/05/27

U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey, including the charges against Rep. McIver after an incident at an ICE facility, what President Trump is saying about Putin and Ukraine and more.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Shortwave Radio

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2025/05/27

As our centennial series continues, Katie Thornton, host of The Divided Dial, a series on WNYC's On the Media, independent journalist, public historian, and Fulbright fellow, talks about the new season of her 4-part series, about the history of shortwave radio.

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CUNY Funding, Interrupted

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2025/05/27

CUNY recently lost federal funding for more than 70 research grants. Denis Nash, professor of epidemiology at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and executive director of CUNY’s Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, talks about the funding he recently lost on research related to COVID vaccine uptake, plus comments on the changes coming to how the COVID vaccine is rolled out for the next season.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Women in the Military; New...

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2025/05/26

As we observe Memorial Day, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations from the centennial series: Katherine Sharp Landdeck, professor of history and director of Pioneers Oral History Project at Texas Woman's University and the author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II (Crown, 2020), talks about American women in the military over the last century. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker

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100 Years of 100 Things: Women in the Military; New...

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2025/05/26

As we observe Memorial Day, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations from the centennial series:Katherine Sharp Landdeck, professor of history and director of Pioneers Oral History Project at Texas Woman's University and the author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II (Crown, 2020), talks about American women in the military over the last century.David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: 100 Years of Best Sellers, 100...

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2025/05/24

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.100 Years of 100 Things: New York Films (First) | 100 Years of 100 Things: Best Sellers (Starts at 17:31) | Summer Culture Calendar: Classical Music (Starts at 31:42)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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100 Years of 100 Things: US Population & Mortality...

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2025/05/23

Enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations from the centennial series:Mark Mather, demographer and associate vice president for U.S. Programs at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) walks us through the shifts over the past 100 years in U.S. birth rates, followed by changes in U.S. mortality statistics. Julie Suk, a law professor at Fordham University and the author of We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020), reviews the history of

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100 Years of 100 Things: US Population & Mortality...

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2025/05/23

Enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations from the centennial series:Mark Mather, demographer and associate vice president for U.S. Programs at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) walks us through the shifts over the past 100 years in U.S. birth rates, followed by changes in U.S. mortality statistics.Julie Suk, a law professor at Fordham University and the author of We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020), reviews the history of the

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The Republicans' Budget Bill & NYC; When Federal...

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2025/05/22

Loading... On today's show: Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, offers his analysis of how the House budget bill that Republicans passed early this morning may affect NYC - in both good and bad ways. Latif Nasser, co-host of Radiolab from WNYC, tells the story of the huge impacts one small discovery made,

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10-Question Quiz: Name That Tune

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2025/05/22

Listeners listen to a short clip of music that was, at one time, at the top of the Billboard charts, and try to "name that tune."

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Call Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand on Trump's Big Bill

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2025/05/22

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) talks about her work in Washington, particularly her initial response to Donald Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill', which just passed the House.

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What We Risk Losing Without Federally-Funded...

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2025/05/22

Latif Nasser, co-host of Radiolab from WNYC, tells the story of the huge impacts one small discovery made, brought to us by federally-funded scientific research -- and what we might lose as so much of the funding has been cut by DOGE.

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Summer Culture Calendar: New Books

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2025/05/22

Catch up with the summer cultural calendar with this pledge-drive miniseries. Today, Jordan Lauf, producer for All Of It and its book club, Get Lit with All Of It, recommends some of the books coming out this summer. Some of the books on Jordan's list: Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen (out now) The Antidote by Karen Russell (out now) Flashlight by Susan Choi (out June 3rd) King of Ashes by SA Cosby (June 10th) The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (June 3rd) A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst (July

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How the Republican Budget Bill Could Affect NYC

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2025/05/22

Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, offers his analysis of how the House budget bill that Republicans passed early this morning may affect NYC - in both good and bad ways.

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What's Going On with Trump's Budget Bill?; City...

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2025/05/21

Loading... Coming up on today's show: In the wake of Trump's attempts to get the House's new budget bill to pass, Marianna Sotomayor, congressional reporter for The Washington Post where she covers lawmakers and debates on Capitol Hill, offers commentary on the bill's status. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, as well as the questions listeners would like Brian to ask at the upcoming mayoral primary debate. Listeners try their hand

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Summer Culture Calendar: Summer Movies

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2025/05/21

Dana Stevens, film critic at Slate.com and a co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast and the author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century (Atria Books, 2022), previews the summer movie season, including the blockbusters everyone will be talking about, and other films she recommends you check out.

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City Politics: Debate Questions

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2025/05/21

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, as well as the questions listeners would like Brian to ask at the upcoming mayoral primary debate.

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What's Going On with Trump's Budget Bill?

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2025/05/21

In the wake of Trump's attempts to get the House's new budget bill to pass, Marianna Sotomayor, congressional reporter for The Washington Post where she covers lawmakers and debates on Capitol Hill, offers commentary on the bill's status.

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