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The NJ Governor's Race; Epstein Files Update; Serbian...

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2025/09/04

Loading... On today's show: 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 reddening voter demographics are impacting the candidates' campaign strategies. 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

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Serbia Is Where the East and West Collide Politically

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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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Pandemic Kindergarteners Are Now Middle Schoolers

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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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Epstein Survivors Urge Congress to Release Government...

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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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The NJ Governor's Race Heats Up

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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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City Politics; Vaccines: The Latest on COVID Shots;...

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2025/09/03

Loading... On today's show: 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. Caroline Lewis, health care reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the confusion over the availability of COVID vaccines this fall. Ben Smith, co-founder and

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How President Trump Has Waged 'War' on the Bureaucracy

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

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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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Is Self-Help Too Self-Centered?

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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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The Latest on COVID Shots

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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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Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim; Back to School with...

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2025/09/02

Loading... Coming up on today's show: Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey. Melissa Aviles-Ramos, chancellor of New York City Public Schools, looks ahead to the first day of school. 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 became the largest in

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The Appeal of Reunion Tours

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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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Back to School with the Chancellor

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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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The New ICE; PATH's 'Summer of Hell'; Are We Getting...

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2025/08/28

Loading... On today's show: Nick Miroff, staff writer for The Atlantic who covers immigration and the Department of Homeland Security, talks about the changes at the immigration enforcement agency and how the $75 billion budget bump will be spent. The Hoboken PATH station shut-down this weekend is just the latest challenge for PATH riders in what's been called its "Summer of Hell." Larry Higgs, the transportation and commuting reporter at NJ.com and the Star-Ledger, shares options for the

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