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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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00:27:05

Change is Coming for New York's Catholics

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/19

Pope Leo announced that Ronald Hicks, a Midwesterner, will replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the leader of the Archdiocese of New York. Daniel Rober, associate professor and department chair of the Catholic Studies department at Sacred Heart University, talks about the new archbishop, whom observers have said has a style more akin to the new pope than the outgoing cardinal, and what it will mean for the 2.5 million Catholics he will lead.

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00:27:21

Adams Rent Guidelines Board Appointments and City...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/19

Yesterday, out-going mayor Eric Adams appointed four members to the Rent Guidelines Board, creating a major obstacle to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's key campaign promise to freeze the rent for rent stabilized tenants. David Brand, housing reporter at WNYC and Gothamist, discusses the Adams appointees, Mamdani's appointment of Leila Bozorg as his housing czar, and reports back on the outcome of several housing bills voted on by the City Council yesterday.

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00:43:19

Friday Morning Politics: Trump's Chief of Staff;...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/19

Jonathan Lemire, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNOW; writer for MSNOW and contributing writer to The Atlantic talks about the national political news of the week, including Vanity Fair's extensive piece about President Trump's closest aides, the administration's blockade on Venezuela and more.

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00:12:22

Reasons to Love New York Right Now

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/19

Erik Maza, editor-at-large at New York Magazine discusses some of the reasons to love New York right now, and listeners call in to share their own reasons.

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00:11:06

Your Office Holiday Parties

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/18

Listeners call in to share what makes a fun office holiday party, and share stories from parties, either from this year or in the past.

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00:30:38

Meet the New Jersey City Mayor: James Solomon

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/18

James Solomon, mayor-elect of Jersey City, talks about his plans and priorities for when he takes office as mayor of Jersey City this January.

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00:34:58

Bella Abzug's Impact on NYC Politics

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/18

Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, talks about his new podcast where he explores the impact of the former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, locally and nationally, and why she's not more well known. Plus, the latest local political news.

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00:32:52

Thursday Morning Politics: Trump's Primetime Address;...

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/18

Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of the forthcoming book The Queen and Her Presidents (Harper/Collins April 2026), talks about the latest national political news, including President Trump's primetime address, the ongoing fight over ACA subsidies and the Vanity Fair profile of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles that is ruffling MAGA feathers. Then, U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) talks about the vote on ACA subsidies pushed through by four Republican

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00:26:14

City Politics: Adams Outgoing; Mamdani Incoming

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/17

Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, talks about the latest news from City Hall and Mayor-elect Mamdani's transition plans.

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00:21:58

The Affordability Crisis for Creative New Yorkers

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/17

Eli Dvorkin, editorial and policy director at the Center for an Urban Future, discusses his organization's new report documenting the importance of the creative sector to New York City's economy, the affordability challenges the city's artists are facing, and solutions that would revive the community.

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00:48:40

A Generational Divide on Antisemitism

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/17

Yair Rosenberg, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Deep Shtetl, about the intersection of politics, culture, and religion, offers analysis of anecdotal and survey data that show a generational divide on antisemitism.

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00:12:30

Rob Reiner's Legacy and Your Tributes

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/17

Richard Rushfield, chief columnist at The Ankler, discusses the legacies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, who were found dead in their Hollywood home on Monday, and listeners offer their tributes.

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00:38:42

IRC on the Countries at Risk in 2026

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/16

David Miliband, president and chief executive officer of the International Rescue Committee, shares the countries on the IRC's "watchlist," or the countries they determine are most at risk for humanitarian emergencies, and what the IRC is doing to prepare.

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00:23:14

Time's 'Person' of the Year: AI Architects

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/16

Andrew Chow, technology correspondent at TIME, talks about the choice of the people behind AI for their annual "Person of the Year" selection.

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00:15:41

Shop Listener 2025: Kids!

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/16

Shop Listener is back for the 2025 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out the children's holiday gifts they sell for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.==> Submit your information for our Shop Listener online guide at wnyc.org/shoplistener and check out all the entries!

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00:31:17

Environmental Justice in NYC

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/16

Peggy Shepard, co-founder & executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and Paul Onyx Lozito, deputy executive director of the Mayor's Office of Climate & Environmental Justice, talk about the city's report on environmental justice issues, which covers the disparate exposure to pollution and the effects of climate change, and explain the type of community input they are seeking as they begin work on an Environmental Justice NYC Plan.

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00:41:41

The Latest Battle Over the Fate of the ACA

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/15

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, discusses the latest over the battle in Congress over the fate of the Affordable Care Act

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00:28:23

Meet the Likely New Speaker

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/15

City Councilmember Julie Menin, (D-5, Manhattan's Lenox Hill, Yorkville, Carnegie Hill and Roosevelt Island) talks about her priorities for City Council, as she is about to take over as speaker, and how she foresees her relationship with the incoming Mamdani administration will be.

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00:13:11

2025's Word(s) of the Year

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/15

"Rage bait." "Parasocial." "6-7." Ben Zimmer, linguist, language columnist, and chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, discusses what the words of the year chosen by various dictionaries like Oxford and Dictionary.com, and what the choices say about our language and culture. To submit your nomination for word of the year to the American Dialect Society, go to https://americandialect.org.

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00:25:54

Employers, Stop Ghosting Me!

The Brian Lehrer Show ·

2025/12/15

Franklin Schneider, writer based in New York City, discusses his recent piece in The Atlantic, "When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?"

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