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Covering Donald Trump's Trial

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2024/10/22

Jonathan Alter, MSNBC analyst, author of the Substack newsletter Old Goats, and the book American Reckoning: Inside Trump’s Trial―and My Own (BenBella Books, 2024), reflects on the felony trial of Donald Trump as one of the few journalists in the courtroom and as a presidential historian.

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Rolling Out NYC's Mandatory Composting

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2024/10/22

New York City's mandatory composting program, which is already operational in Brooklyn and Queens, is expanding to Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx. Hilary Howard, New York Times reporter covering how the New York City region is adapting to climate change and other environmental challenges, breaks down how residents and landlords can get on board, what's compostable and when the program will start being enforced. Note: During the segment, our guest noted that composting experts don't recommend

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100 Years of 100 Things Quiz: Republican Presidential...

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2024/10/22

In honor of WNYC's centennial, Brian quizzes listeners on topics covered in the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things." Today's quiz focuses on Republican presidential candidates.

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Gen Z Men and the Election

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2024/10/22

Jessica Grose, opinion writer at The New York Times and the author of Screaming on The Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood (Mariner Books, 2022), offers analysis of young men's relationship with feminism, and how that is related to their voting patterns.

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100 Years of 100 Things Quiz: Democratic Presidential...

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2024/10/21

In honor of WNYC's centennial, Brian quizzes listeners on topics covered in the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things." Today's quiz focuses on Democratic presidential candidates.

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100 Years of 100 Things: Women and Voting; Swing...

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2024/10/21

Loading... On today's show: As our centennial series continues, Jennifer Piscopo, professor of gender and politics and director of the Gender Institute at the Royal Holloway University of London and the co-editor of The European Journal of Politics and Gender, looks at the history of women and voting, since the 19th amendment gave them the right to vote in 1920. Maya King, politics reporter covering the Southeast at The New York Times, breaks down the latest news from Georgia, a swing-state

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David Remnick on the Presidential Election and the...

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2024/10/21

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, talks about this year's New Yorker Festival, and the election.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Elie Mystal; Leaf-Peeping; 100...

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2024/10/05

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The Latest on Mayor Adams's Indictment (First) | Fall Foliage 101 (Starts at 28:1 0) | 100 Years of 100 Things: The Jewish Vote (Starts at 42:45)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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Trump and the DOJ; Brooklyn DA Gonzalez; Journalist...

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2024/10/04

Loading...On today's show: Former President Trump has threatened to retaliate against political opponents if he wins in November. Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019) shares reporting on how and whether he would be able to follow

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Knocking on Doors Ahead of Election Day

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2024/10/04

As Election Day approaches, Blair Horner, Executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) explains why knocking on doors is an effective way to get out the vote as listeners call in with their experiences canvassing for their preferred candidate.

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Trump and the DOJ

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2024/10/04

Former President Trump has threatened to retaliate against political opponents if he wins in November. Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019) shares reporting on how and whether he would be able to follow through.

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Brooklyn DA on Fewer Shootings, More Exonerations

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2024/10/04

Eric Gonzalez, Brooklyn DA, talks about his office's work on overturning convictions, since they have just recommended the exoneration of the 40th person since the unit's work began, public safety in the borough as the number of shootings has gone down and more.

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Sarah Smarsh on Class and Politics

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2024/10/04

Sarah Smarsh, journalist and author of Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class (Scribner, 2024), talks about her new book and the way rural, red-state and working-class America is portrayed in life and politics.

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Integrating Immigrants into the Workforce

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2024/10/03

A recent study from the Department of Labor found that "among college-educated immigrants, 44 percent of refugees and asylees experience education-occupation mismatch or are unemployed." Kit Taintor, Senior Director of US Policy and Programs at World Education Services (WES) and John Hunt, Assistant Dean for Pre-College Academic Programs at LaGuardia Community College, discuss the findings of the study and the program at LaGuardia Community College that helps immigrants integrate into the

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How to Help After Helene

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2024/10/03

Allie Volpe, senior reporter at Vox, offers some guidance for helping people dealing with the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.

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Why Young Men Are 'Falling Behind'

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2024/10/03

Recent data shows that more women ages 25 to 34 have entered the U.S. workforce in recent years than ever, but the share of young men in the labor market hasn’t grown in a decade. Rachel Wolfe, economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal explains the findings and why young adult men are feeling more aimless and isolated than before.

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Dockworkers Strike and Ports All But Shut Down

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2024/10/03

Peter S. Goodman, reporter who covers the global economy for The New York Times and author of How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain (Mariner Books, 2024) explains why the longshoremen are striking, and how a prolonged work stoppage at the ports could affect the supply chain and the broader economy.

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Dockworkers Strike; Immigrants and the Workforce; Why...

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2024/10/03

Loading... On today's show: Peter S. Goodman, reporter who covers the global economy for The New York Times and author of How The World Ran Out Of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain (Mariner Books, 2024), explains why the longshoremen are striking and how a prolonged work stoppage at the ports could affect the supply chain and the broader economy. A recent study from the Department of Labor found that "among college-educated immigrants, 44 percent of refugees and asylees experience

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VP Debate Recap; Reporters Ask the Mayor; 100 Years...

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2024/10/02

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Meredith Lee Hill, reporter for Politico covering Tim Walz, offers analysis of the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance. Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event -- the first one since the mayor was indicted. As our centennial series continues, Kenneth Wald, professor of

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100 Years of 100 Things: The Jewish Vote

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2024/10/02

As our centennial series continues, Kenneth Wald, professor of political science at the University of Florida and the author of several books, including the forthcoming The Ghosts on the Wall: A Grandson's Memoir of the Holocaust (Amsterdam Publishers, November 9, 2024), talks about the past 100 years of history the Jewish vote in the United States.

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