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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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00:22:23

What To Know Before RFK's Confirmation Hearing Tomorrow

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2025/01/28

With Trump ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expected to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, we look ahead to his upcoming confirmation hearings.On Today's Show:Clare Malone, staff writer at The New Yorker covering media and politics, previews RFK;s first of two confirmation hearings tomorrow as President Donald Trump’s nominee.

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00:21:54

Trump and Rubio Halt Most Foreign Aid

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2025/01/27

Looking back at the first full week of Trump's second term, which includes moves on immigration, foreign aid, and more.On Today's Show:Jill Colvin, national political reporter for The Associated Press, talks about the latest national political news.

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00:21:12

What Biden and Bannon Are Both Warning About

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2025/01/24

With so many Silicon Valley CEOs changing their policies to align with the new Trump administration, we explore how money, power and technology have earned certain 'oligarchs' a seat at the president's table. On Today's Show:Ashley Parker, staff writer at The Atlantic, former Washington Post White House bureau chief, talks about the close relationship between the incoming Trump administration and tech billionaires.

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00:29:30

How The Feds May Come After Your Private Company’s...

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2025/01/23

On today's show: Russell Contreras, Justice and Race reporter at Axios, discusses President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order revoking decades of diversity and affirmative action practices in the federal government and how it might impact the private sector.

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00:27:28

Trump’s Panama Canal Issue Explained

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2025/01/22

On today's show: Jason Marczak, vice president and senior director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council, and Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, vice president for Global Studies and Fellows at New America and host of the Audible/Fresh Produce Media podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," offer analysis of President Trump's statements in his inaugural address about taking back the Panama Canal.

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00:24:38

Pod Save America Hosts on Trump Pardoning Cop-Attackers

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2025/01/21

Yesterday's inauguration of President Trump began a whirlwind day of executive orders, unofficial speeches and attention grabbing gestures. On Today's Show:Jon Favreau, host of Pod Save America, Offline with Jon Favreau, and co-founder of Crooked Media, and Jon Lovett, host of Pod Save America and co-founder of Crooked Media, round up the latest news from Washington.

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00:23:45

How MLK Fought Northern Segregation, And How He Might...

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2025/01/20

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, we present a live event exploring King's legacy, and what the lessons of his activism can offer us today. On Today's Show:For the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Rev. Jacqueline Lewis, senior minister and public theologian at the Middle Collegiate Church, and author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness that Can Heal the World (Harmony, 2021), and Jeanne Theoharis, professor of political science at Brooklyn

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00:22:18

Clocks Tick Closer to a TikTok Ban on Sunday

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2025/01/17

The popular social media app TikTok could be banned for U.S. users starting this Sunday, when a new law goes into effect. On Today's Show:Social media reporter for The Information, Sylvia Varnham O'Regan discusses the latest news, including how President-elect Donald Trump may react to the ban, and 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

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00:24:17

Alcohol's Link With Cancer, According To The US...

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2025/01/16

The US Surgeon General has been raising the alarm about the health risks of alcohol, as well as what he calls the 'loneliness epidemic.' On Today's Show:U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talks about the recent report highlighting the cancer risk of even moderate alcohol consumption, and other public health issues as he prepares to leave his post at the end of the Biden administration.

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00:22:49

Julian Zelizer Argues In Defense of Partisanship

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2025/01/15

Political pundits frequently express concerns about the intense partisanship in our political culture. But could our divisions be productive and useful?On Today's Show:Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, NPR contributor, and author of several books, including his latest, In Defense of Partisanship (Columbia Global Reports, 2025), shares his analysis of politics today, and shares some key presidential inauguration speeches from the

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00:26:13

Sens. Cotton and Gillibrand Spar at Pete Hegseth...

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2025/01/14

On Tuesday, the Republican-led Senate will hold confirmation hearings for confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. On Today's Show:Hear lines of questioning from Sen. Cotton and Sen. Gillibrand at the hearings, plus analysis afterward from Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law and the author of several books, including Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald

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00:22:19

Sen. Wyden On The 'Chutzpah' Needed To Protect Democracy

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2025/01/13

Another big political week gets underway, as the Senate prepares a number of confirmation hearings for Trump's incoming cabinet.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.

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00:21:37

'This Is Your Politics On Solitude'

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2025/01/10

Many Americans are spending more alone time than ever before. How is that impacting out political lives, and the structures of society?On Today's Show: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 why so many people feel isolated, and how it impacts their civic lives.

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00:21:09

Dialogue Is Possible J.D. Vance and Bernie Sanders...

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2025/01/10

With political polarization at an all-time high, what does it look like for two well-informed people with opposing views to have dialog across different ideas?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

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00:22:40

Zuck to America: Texas Less Biased Than My...

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2025/01/08

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.On Today's Show: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. Plus, Yael Eisenstat senior fellow at Cybersecurity for Democracy and

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00:23:16

Biden’s Last Climate Act before “Drill Baby Drill”

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2025/01/07

What could the future look like for climate change and public health policy?On Today's Show:U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ 6th) kicks off the new weekly series with a discussion of the work of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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00:24:52

U.S. Homelessness Hits Record High: Why and What To Do

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2025/01/06

Homelessness in the United States hit record highs in 2024. On today's show: Jennifer Ludden, NPR national correspondent covering housing and homelessness, and Peter Hepburn, associate director of Eviction Lab and an assistant professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark, explain some of the factors of why the rates increased by double digits.

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00:25:15

Swing District Democrat On When To Cooperate With Trump

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2025/01/03

On the opening day of Congress, where one swing-state Democrat stands on cooperating with Republicans.On Today's Show:U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D NY3) talks about working across the aisle in the Republican-controlled House as a Democrat in a district that went for Donald Trump in 2024 and where he thinks Democrats need to cooperate with the majority and where to unite in resistance.

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00:22:22

A Freedom Caucus vs. Trump Test Comes Tomorrow Over...

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2025/01/02

It's a big week for Congress, as the GOP's congressional majorities vote for new congressional leadershipOn Today's Show:Molly Ball, senior political correspondent atThe Wall Street Journal, discusses the latest in national political news.NOTE: The fatal vehicle attack in New Orleans and the Tesla explosion in Las Vegas are developing stories. Authorities might provide updates that are not reflected in this discussion as the investigations continue.

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00:23:04

How Can Trump's Isolationism Include Annexing the...

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2024/12/30

President-elect Donald Trump's brand of "America First" foreign policy seems at odds with his recent statements about the US's posture toward Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.On Today's Show:Jacqueline Alemany, congressional investigations reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the latest political news out of Washington.

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