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Monday Morning Politics: Tariffs & Federal Worker...

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2025/02/03

Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent for USA Today, talks about the news from Washington focusing on the federal worker buyout offers and the announced tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China.

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The State of Crime in the City

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2025/02/03

Elizabeth Glazer, founder of the journal Vital City and former director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, discusses a report that looks at data that illuminates surprising trends in crime in New York City and what it says about public safety and justice right now.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Subways; Presidential Power;...

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2025/02/01

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Subway Breakdowns (First) | The Federal Aid Freeze and Reversal (Starts at 30:30) | 100 Years of 100 Things: The New Yorker Magazine (Starts at 1:12:00)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Sen. Andy Kim; 100 Years of The New Yorker; NYC...

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2025/01/31

Loading...On today's show: U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about the Trump cabinet nominees, including his questioning of RFK, Jr. on Thursday, plus his other work in Washington and New Jersey. As our centennial series continues, David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about another centenarian, The New Yorker magazine, which published its first issue on February 21, 1925. Plus, he discusses the current national political climate. Michael

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100 Years of 100 Things: Billboard Music Charts

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2025/01/31

With the Grammy Awards coming up and as our centennial series continues, Gary Trust, New York-based managing director of charts and data operations at Billboard Magazine, looks back through this century of hit music.

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NYC Schools and 'Mass Deportation'

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2025/01/31

Michael Elsen-Rooney, reporter at Chalkbeat New York, delves into his reporting on how fears of family separation and deportation are affecting New York City schools and their students.

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100 Years of 100 Things: The New Yorker Magazine

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2025/01/31

As our centennial series continues, David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about another centenarian, The New Yorker, which published its first issue on February 21, 1925.

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Sen. Andy Kim on Nominees, Executive Orders, and More

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2025/01/31

U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about the Trump cabinet nominees, including his questioning of RFK, Jr. on Thursday, the impact of the foreign aid freeze and federal employee purges, plus his other work in Washington and New Jersey.

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President Trump's Federal Aid Freeze and Reversal;...

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2025/01/30

Loading... On today's show: The White House budget office ordered a pause on federal loans and grants, only to issue a reversal days later. Kate Shaw, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with The New York Times, offers legal analysis of the move. New York State Senator Jessica Ramos (D, District 13, Queens), talks about the session in Albany, responds to the ICE raids in NYC, and

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Why China's AI Startup 'DeepSeek' is a Sputnik Moment

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2025/01/30

The China-based AI startup 'DeepSeek' has sent shockwaves throughout the American tech and financial sector since its release. Reed Albergotti, technology editor at Semafor, explains what DeepSeek is and what it means for the future of American global dominance of the tech industry.

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The Federal Aid Freeze and Reversal

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2025/01/30

The White House budget office ordered a pause on federal loans and grants, only to issue a reversal days later. Kate Shaw, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with The New York Times, offers legal analysis of the move — and the Trump administration's attempts to expand executive power in general.

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Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Jessica Ramos

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2025/01/30

New York State Senator Jessica Ramos (D, District 13, Queens) talks about the session in Albany, responds to the ICE raids in NYC, and discusses her challenge to Mayor Adams for the Democratic nomination for mayor in the June primary.

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What Does Masculinity Mean to You?

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2025/01/30

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Joe Rogan's podcast recently that "masculine energy" is good, and that culture should celebrate aggression. Listeners of all genders call in to share what masculinity means to them today, and whether they identify with Zuckerberg's comments.

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Special Coverage: RFK Jr's Confirmation Hearing

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2025/01/29

Loading... On today's show: Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, chief of infectious disease for Island Infectious Diseases (the largest physician-owned Infectious Disease Specialist Group on Long Island), an infectious disease specialist and clinical instructor of medicine at Columbia University and president of Parasites Without Borders and co-host of the podcast "This Week in Virology", offers commentary and analysis of the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,

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Special Coverage: RFK Jr's Confirmation Hearing

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2025/01/29

Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, chief of infectious disease for Island Infectious Diseases, the largest physician-owned Infectious Disease Specialist Group on Long Island, an infectious disease specialist and clinical instructor of medicine at Columbia University and president of Parasites Without Borders and co-host of the podcast "This Week in Virology", offers commentary and analysis of the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to lead the

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All of Trump's (New) Cabinet Members; Health Care...

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2025/01/28

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Ian Ward, reporter at POLITICO, where he covers the conservative movement and the American right for POLITICO Magazine, discusses the confirmation hearing of Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary nominee and her priorities for USDA, and Clare Malone, staff writer at The New Yorker covering media and politics, previews the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first of two confirmation hearings as President Donald Trump’s nominee

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All of Trump's (New) Cabinet Members

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2025/01/28

Clare Malone, staff writer at The New Yorker covering politics, previews the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first of two confirmation hearings as President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Then, Ian Ward, reporter at POLITICO, where he covers the conservative movement and the American right for POLITICO Magazine, discusses the confirmation hearing of Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary nominee and her priorities

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Peter Beinart Seeks 'A Reckoning'

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2025/01/28

Peter Beinart, journalist, commentator, author of the Substack newsletter 'The Beinart Notebook', professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, and the author of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning (Knopf, 2025), talks about his new book on calling for 'a reckoning' for the state of Israel.

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Stepping Back From Social Media?

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2025/01/28

Listeners tell us how their relationships with the social media platforms have changed in this second Trump era.

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A Health Care Union's Succession Battle

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2025/01/28

The nation’s largest health care union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers, is in the midst of a succession battle to unseat its long term president. Maya Kaufman, health care reporter for POLITICO New York, explains what's the driver behind the battle and what New Yorkers stand to gain, and lose, depending on the outcome.→ Nation’s largest health care union embroiled in internal fight as Trump takes office | Politico

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