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The Brian Lehrer Show

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.

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00:30:46

President Trump Rebrands the Pentagon the 'Department...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/08

President Trump announced he will rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War." Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), explains the symbolic and actual implications for this decision, plus talks about the dubious legality of the Trump administration's fatal attack on a Venezuelan boat they say was transporting illegal drugs.

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00:11:55

Back to School: Emotional Health

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/05

Following up on Thursday's calls from parents of kids whose education was interrupted by the pandemic lockdown, Angela Mora, LMSW, child therapist at Cope With School NYC, talks about some of the emotional health issues children face today.

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00:34:51

The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/05

Jane Arraf, international correspondent covering the Middle East for NPR, talks about the latest developments in Gaza as Israel clamps down on volunteer doctors and threatens more restrictions on humanitarian aid amid reports of famine, plus other news on the war and attempts to end it.

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00:41:21

Exit Interview for Rep. Nadler

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/05

U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D, NY-12) talks about his decision to retire at the end of this session of Congress, plus reflects on his long career in politics, and the latest news of the day.

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00:20:15

A Tally of Trump's Profits

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/05

David D. Kirkpatrick, staff writer for The New Yorker, breaks down his tally of President Donald Trump profiteering during his presidencies, including five Persian Gulf mega-projects, a luxury jet from Qatar and half a dozen projects involving crypto and MAGA merch.

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00:24:18

Serbia Is Where the East and West Collide Politically

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/04

Filip Balunović, research fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade, explains the recent protests in Serbia, where a student-led movement is fighting back against an entrenched autocratic government that is aligned both with autocratic powers in the East, like Russia and China, and democratic powers in the West, like European Union and The United States.

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00:12:56

Pandemic Kindergarteners Are Now Middle Schoolers

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/04

Kids who were in kindergarten when the pandemic hit in March of 2020 are now starting middle school. Parents call in to talk about the lingering educational and social effects of the pandemic that they have noticed in their school-aged kids.

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00:23:37

Epstein Survivors Urge Congress to Release Government...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/04

Jacob Shamsian, legal correspondent at Business Insider, talks about the latest developments in the Epstein saga as several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein urge Congress to act.

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00:46:52

The NJ Governor's Race Heats Up

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/04

David Cruz, senior political correspondent and anchor, and moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable at NJ Spotlight News, talks about the latest news on the New Jersey gubernatorial race and how the state's changing voter demographics are impacting the candidates' campaign strategies.

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00:21:29

How President Trump Has Waged 'War' on the Bureaucracy

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/03

Ben Smith, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Press, 2023), shares his analysis for how the president has come for civil servants, and what it might mean for the government bureaucracy in the future.

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00:55:06

City Politics: Nadler's Retirement; Hochul and Trump;...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/03

Elizabeth Kim, WNYC and Gothamist reporter, talks about the latest news in the mayoral campaign. Plus Jon Campbell, WNYC and Gothamist Albany reporter, reports on the news that longtime Manhattan Congressman Jerry Nadler will retire next year, paving the way for generational change for the coveted seat.

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00:14:24

Is Self-Help Too Self-Centered?

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/03

Emma Goldberg, business features writer for The New York Times, reporting on cultural, societal and economic change, and the author of Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic (Harper, 2021), talks about her recent exploration of whether today's self-help books go too far in encouraging paying less attention to other people.→ Is Today’s Self-Help Teaching Everyone to Be a Jerk?

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00:18:30

The Latest on COVID Shots

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/03

Caroline Lewis, health care reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the availability of COVID vaccines this fall and how the FDA's changes are resulting in different access across the states and at pharmacies.

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00:09:51

The Appeal of Reunion Tours

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/02

With so many iconic bands on tour again this summer, listeners call in to share what legendary acts they've seen recently and how the bands did -- or didn't -- stand the test of time.

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00:30:32

Back to School with the Chancellor

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/02

Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, looks ahead to the first day of school.

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00:38:28

Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on Foreign Policy;...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/02

U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey as congress returns to work, including his recent trip to Asia, deportations and immigrant detention, further rescission demands, and why he's supporting Zohran Mamdani.

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00:28:55

The Trump Administration and America's Worst Measles...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/02

Amy Maxmen, PhD, public health correspondent and editor at KFF Health News, discusses her reporting on the Trump administration’s interference with the CDC, which slowed its response to a measles outbreak in Texas that has since become the largest in the U.S. in 30 years.→ As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.

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01:49:25

Labor Day: Non-College Employment STARs, History,...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/09/01

For this Labor Day holiday, highlights from our series for and about non-college careers:From our centennial series, Annelies Goger, an economic geographer and a fellow with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, and Justin Heck, research director at Opportunity@Work, look at the history of non-college employment and where it stands today.Audrey Mickahail, senior vice president at Opportunity@Work, a nonprofit working to expand access to career opportunities, and Aaliyah Siddiqi, marketing

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01:32:50

Brian Lehrer Weekend: The New ICE, Waymos in NYC, Why...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/08/30

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The New ICE (First) | Driverless Cars in NYC (Starts at 43:03) | Why Have Youth Sports Gotten So Intense? (Starts at 1:09:41)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

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01:49:17

Summer Friday: AI & Education; 1963; 100 Years of...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/08/29

For this "Summer Friday" we've put together some of our favorite conversations this year:Hua Hsu, New Yorker staff writer, professor of English at Bard College and author of the memoir Stay True (September 2022), discusses what college students lose when ChatGPT writes their essays for them and what that says about our evolving understanding of the purpose of higher education.Jessica Gould, education reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, shares her reporting on the deal struck between Big Tech and The

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