The Brian Lehrer Show

00:32:27

30 Issues in 30 Days: Mideast & Israel

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/29

Mike Hayes, WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering New Jersey and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023) talks about another key issue from Sunday's debate between U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr and his Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett -- Congress and the U.S. role in the Middle East and with Israel.Photo: Protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war in Gaza block a street next to the United

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00:28:21

António Guterres' UN Work on Climate Change

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/29

David Gelles, reporter on the New York Times climate team who leads The Times’s Climate Forward newsletter and events series, talks about outgoing UN Sec. Gen. António Guterres' efforts to achieve results in combatting climate change.Photo by Xuthoria, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International via Wikimedia Commons. November 20, 2025 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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00:14:52

Literature and Life

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2026/09/29

Elizabeth Alexander, president of The Mellon Foundation, poet, educator, memoirist and scholar and the author of Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales (WW Norton, 2026), talks about the guidance she's found from literature and how the arts can heal political divides.Photo: Elizabeth Alexander attends The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction 2026 at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 19, 2026 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation via Getty Images)

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00:42:48

30 Issues in 30 Days: New Jersey's 7th

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/28

Mike Hayes,WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering the New Jersey governor's race and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023), talks about a key issue from Sunday's debate between U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr and his Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett.Image: Debate screenshot via C-SPAN Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for

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00:24:35

Nikole Hannah-Jones on Hard School Choices

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2026/09/28

Nikole Hannah-Jones, domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting and founder of the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University, talks about the personal decisions she made regarding her daughter's education, and what her daughter's years in New York City public schools have revealed about the city's segregated and unequal schools.Photo: Hannah Jones and her daughter walk into the first day of school in

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00:32:28

Malcolm Gladwell on Americans & Guns

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2026/09/28

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of several books, including his latest, The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic (Little, Brown and Company, 2026), asks why the U.S. suffers from higher rates of gun violence than any other wealthy country.Photo: A display of guns for sale is seen at Coliseum Gun Traders Ltd. in Uniondale, New York on September 25, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See

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00:09:34

Your Nor'Easter Stories

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/28

Downed trees, flooding, lost power: Listeners call in to share how they made out in this weekend's slow-moving nor'easter, as well as how they entertained themselves and the kids while stuck inside.Photo: A nor'easter passes over lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center, seen from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building on September 26, 2026, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our

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01:07:31

Brian Lehrer Weekend: 30 Issues Child Care; Grading...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/26

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.30 Issues in 30 Days: Child Care in NYS (First) | Mayor Mamdani's 'Broken Windows' Promise(Starts at 30:19) | The Professionals Cleaning AI Slop(Starts at 56:07)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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00:45:59

The US, China and the World Order

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/25

Ishaan Tharoor, global affairs columnist at The New Yorker and Edward Murrow Press Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, talks about this week's UN General Assembly, the meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping and President Trump's take on globalism.Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images) Hosted by

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00:29:56

30 Issues in 30 Days: Childcare in New York

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/25

WNYC's senior political correspondent Brigid Bergin, host of "Who's Running This Place," and Shoshana Hershkowitz, campaign manager, Empire State Campaign for Child Care, discuss the landscape of child care in New York State, and the policy proposals on the issue that each of the gubernatorial candidates, Governor Kathy Hochul and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, have put forth.Photo: Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference on Universal Childcare at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum

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00:21:35

Biden's Record on Gaza

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/25

Akbar Shahid Ahmed, diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun and the author of Crossing The Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza (W.W. Norton, 2026), talks about the Biden administration's support for Israeli attacks on Gaza in retaliation for October 7th.Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on February 8, 2024 in Washington, DC (Nathan Howard via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See

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00:11:12

How to Prepare for the Nor’easter

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/25

The tri-state region has its eyes on this season’s first nor'easter. John Davitt, chief meteorologist for Spectrum News NY1, tells us about the conditions to expect, what makes it a "nor’easter," and how to prepare.Photo: Flash flooding from 4 to 7 inches of rain in Flatbush, Brooklyn on September 29th, 2023. (Wil540 art, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International via Wikimedia) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use

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00:41:20

30 Issues in 30 Days: Redistricting

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/24

Dan Vicuña, senior director of voting rights and redistricting at Center for Inclusive Democracy, discusses how this year's redistricting efforts may make the midterms elections less representative, and what each party is arguing with respect to redistricting.Photo: Oliver Larkin, Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida’s 23rd district, speaks during an emergency town hall that he held to address Florida Republicans’ newly approved congressional redistricting map (seen on wall) on May 04, 2026

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00:31:57

World Leaders Are in New York for UNGA, But Not Putin

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/24

David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones, and author of many books, including his latest, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America (HarperCollins, 2026), offers analysis of the day's news, including the conspicuous absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at UNGA, who hasn't attended in over a decade, and his new book that looks at connections between Presidents Trump and Putin.Photo: The Headquarters of the United Nations' United Nations Secretariat

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00:24:02

A 'Front Row Seat' to the News'

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/24

Tim Scheld, retired WCBS news director; adjunct professor Montclair State University and the author of My Front Row Seat (Sunbury Press, 2026), recounts his work leading the WCBS 880 newsroom through major news events, like the Columbine shooting and TWA Flight 800, and offers his take on why responsible reporting remains essential.Photo: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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00:11:06

The Professionals Cleaning Up AI Slop

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/24

Listeners, especially graphic designers and lawyers, call in to share their stories of being hired to clean up AI slop that clients have made, how they have been treated in the process and how they think AI will affect the future of their professions.Stock Photo by: elenabs via iStock / Getty Images Plus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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00:22:44

30 Issues in 30 Days: How Elections Work

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/23

Zachary Roth, managing editor at Democracy Docket, talks about the rules that govern elections: the state of mail-in ballots, laws around voter intimidation, and other issues that are becoming more prominent in election governance across the country.Photo: A polling station in Des Moines, IA on November 8, 2022. (Phil Roeder [Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic] via Wikimedia Commons) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of

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00:26:03

Mayor Mamdani's 'Broken Windows' Promise

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/23

Amanda Jack, director of policy with criminal law reform at The Legal Aid Society, talks about the rise in low-level NYPD summonses in the latest Mayor's Management Report and what it says about Mayor Mamdani's promise to move away from broken windows policing.Photo: Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car. (Tim Drivas Photography via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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00:24:29

Anti-MAGA Insights

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/23

Sarah Longwell, political strategist, CEO and Publisher of The Bulwark, host of The Focus Group podcast and the author of How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time (St. Martin’s Press, 2026), talks about what she's learned from focus groups on building an opposition to MAGA Republicans.Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 29: President Donald Trump and MAGA merchandise is displayed for sale from a vendor near the White House on May 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Hosted by

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00:12:47

A Rancher Takes on Wildfire Management

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2026/09/23

Anna Sale, creator and host of the podcast Death, Sex & Money and the new video series People Trying, made in partnership with The National Geographic Society, talks about her new series, about how people who work directly with land and water approach climate-related dilemmas, and Shelly Kelly, rancher who runs the Sandhills Task Force in rural Nebraska, discusses her work to manage wildfire risk in a changing landscape in Nebraska.Photo: Mindy Tucker via annasale.com Hosted by Simplecast, an

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