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The State of New York & New Jersey; 100 Years of...

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2025/01/15

Loading... On today's show: Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, recaps Governor Hochul's State of the State address, where she focused on affordability and public safety. Terrence T. McDonald, editor at New Jersey Monitor, talks about New Jersey governor Phil Murphy's State of the State address. Continuing our centennial series, Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, NPR contributor, and author of several

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Gov. Hochul's 'State of the State'

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2025/01/15

Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, recaps Governor Hochul's "state of the state" address, where she focused on affordability and public safety.

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Special Coverage: Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing

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2025/01/14

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Susan Glasser, a staff writer at the New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), discusses the confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. Then, Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National

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Special Coverage: Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing

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2025/01/14

Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), discusses the confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.

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Special Coverage: Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing...

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2025/01/14

Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, future security fellow at New American and the author of several books, including Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump (Princeton University Press, 2021), continues with analysis of the confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.

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Sen. Wyden on Fighting for Change

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2025/01/13

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D OR), author of It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change (Grand Central, 2025), talks about his new book and how he'll work with the new Republican majority in the Senate.

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100 Years of 100 Things: The Great Gatsby

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2025/01/13

As our centennial series continues, Maureen Corrigan, book critic for Fresh Air, Georgetown professor and the author of So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures (Hachette, 2014), looks at the 1925 publication of the novel, The Great Gatsby, and why it continues to resonate with readers one hundred years later.

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Sen. Wyden on Fighting for Change; Meet the...

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2025/01/13

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator (D OR) and the author of It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change (Grand Central, 2025), talks about his new book and how he'll work with the new Republican majority in the Senate. Jon Bramnick, NJ State Senator (R Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties) and attorney, talks about his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey and current state politics. As our centennial

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Meet the NJ Gov Candidates: State Sen. Jon Bramnick

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2025/01/13

Ahead of the Republican primary, New Jersey State Senator Jon Bramnick (R Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties) attorney and comedian, talks about his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey and current state politics.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: The First Week of Congestion...

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2025/01/11

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of Congestion Pricing (First) | Views From the Left & Right on the Transition (Starts at 43:49) | 100 Years of 100 Things: Modernism (Starts at 1:30:25)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of...

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2025/01/10

Loading...Coming up on today's show: John "Janno" Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), talks about the first week of congestion pricing and other transit news. Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC creator and co-host, Daily

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MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of...

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2025/01/10

John "Janno" Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), talks about the first week of congestion pricing and other transit news.

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Anti-Social Americans

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2025/01/10

Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, author of the "Work in Progress" newsletter and host of the podcast Plain English, and the author, with Ezra Klein, of Abundance (Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 2025), talks about his latest reporting on how many Americans are spending more alone time than ever before, and how it impacts their personalities — and politics. Plus, listeners call in to share how the pandemic has changed their social lives.

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The State of the City Analysis

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2025/01/10

Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC creator and co-host, Daily News columnist, editor at The City, and Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024), talk about Thursday's State of the City address by Mayor Eric Adams.

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Listeners Remember President Jimmy Carter

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2025/01/09

As funeral proceedings continue over the course of six days, listeners call in with their eulogies for the late former president Jimmy Carter.

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How Urban Wildfires Spread

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2025/01/09

As wildfires continues to scorch the seaside area between Malibu and Santa Monica, and other parts of Los Angeles County, Augustin Guibaud, PhD, fire expert in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, explains how these wildfires spread, the conditions that make them so dangerous and how to prevent these kind of devastating fires in the future, while listeners call to share stories from LA, including RadioLab's Latif Nasser.

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Ask Governor Murphy: January 2025 Recap

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2025/01/09

Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Topics this month included congestion pricing, affordability, year-eight priorities and more.

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Thursday Morning Politics: Left & Right on the...

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2025/01/09

Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News and author of several books including The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), and Emily Jashinsky, DC correspondent for UnHerd, co-hosts of the YouTube podcast "Counter Points," talk about the presidential transition and the national political news of the day.

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Thursday Morning Politics; Ask Governor Murphy:...

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2025/01/09

Coming up on today's show: Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of the podcast Counter Points, and author of several books including The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), and Emily Jashinsky, DC correspondent for UnHerd and co-host of the Counter Points podcast, talk about the national political news of the day. Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey

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Changes at Meta; Reporters Ask the Mayor; 100 Years...

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2025/01/08

Loading... On today's show: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that its social media platforms -- Facebook, Instagram and Threads -- will stop using third-party fact-checkers and rely solely on its users to flag misinformation. Mike Isaac, New York Times reporter covering tech companies and Silicon Valley, explains why the company is repositioning its policy and how that may favor President-elect Donald Trump's second administration. Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference

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