WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
By WNYC, New York Public Radio
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Podcast Description
Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC, New York Public Radio cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events.
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LARPing Along | Lizzie Stark, founder and editor of the literary journal Fringe, and the author of Leaving Mundania: Inside the Transformative World of Live Action Role-Playing Games, explains the world of Live Action Role-Playing games-- a kind of amalgam of improv, fantasy and historical reenactments. → EVENT: Book-signing at WORD: 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY | May 30 at 7 PM. More info here. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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End of War: Veteran Paul Chappell on Peace | As part of our End of War series, Paul Chappell, peace leadership director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Iraq War veteran, and author of Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival, discusses his own experience of war--and how that informs his ideas about how to get to peace. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mosquitoes! | Robert Sullivan, author of The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant, says the warm winter may make for a bumper crop of mosquitoes, and the diseases they carry. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Reich on the Role of Private Equity | Former labor secretary and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, Robert Reich discusses the role of private equity - such as Bain Capital - in our economic system, and other news of the day. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How To Read Early Election Polls | Sean Trende, senior elections analyst at Real Clear Politics, discusses some of the discrepancies in early presidential polling, and how best to understand the numbers. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your 20s: Confidence at Work | Each week in May, Meg Jay, clinical psychologist, assistant clinical professor at the University of Virginia, and author of The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now, looks at different aspects of life in your twenties. This week: how some twentysomethings struggle at work when they are employed. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama and the Middle East | Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and author of Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?, talks about the Egyptian presidential election and looks at Obama's foreign policy in the Middle East. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LGBT Parents' Rights | Carlos Ball, law professor at the Rutgers University School of Law-Newark and author of The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood, looks at the legal history of LGBT parents and their children. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Webcam Spying Verdict Aftermath | Managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, Nancy Solomon, discusses the sentencing in the Dharun Ravi Rutgers spying case, and takes listener calls about how they feel now that the trial has ended. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Facebook IPO Fallout | Forbes managing editor Bruce Upbin discusses the initial poor performance of Facebook stock, why shareholders are suing the company, and why regulators are investigating possible wrongdoing. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Diaspora in the Dominican Elections | Erica Gonzalez, executive editor of El Diario, explains the role of Dominicans abroad in the recent Dominican elections. For the first time, Dominicans in New York and New Jersey were able to vote for seven congressional seats to represent the diaspora. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Summer Movies! | From blockbusters to under-the-radar indies, Dana Stevens, Slate's film critic and co-host of Slate's Culture Gabfest, looks ahead to summer movie season. What movies are you most excited about this summer? Let us know! Screening Room: Watch Trailers for Some of the Movies Discussed Today | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Positive Economic Indicators: Found a Job? | Have you found a new job? Charlie Herman, WNYC business editor, reports that New York City added more jobs in the last four months than it had since the 1950s. Call in or post here with your positive economic indicators. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EJ Dionne on What American Capitalism Means | E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and professor at Georgetown University, talks partisan politics, the conversation over Bain Capital, and his new book, Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent. EVENT: E.J. Dionne will discuss the book at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) on Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Museums: Hoboken Historical Museum | Robert Foster, executive director, talks about what visitors can learn from the collection in Hoboken, including a new exhibit on the Holland and Lincoln tunnels. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jorge Ramos: Al Punto | Jorge Ramos, anchor for Noticiero Univision and host of "Al Punto" ("To The Point"), which airs on Sunday mornings on Univision, talks about current political news as well as immigration and Univision's role in this presidential election year. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pew Polls Polling | Fewer people are answering surveys today than in the past. Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, discusses a new Pew study on the effectiveness of public polls. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nuns Now | Jesuit priest James Martin, a culture editor of America Magazine and author of Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life, and Sister Mary Johnson, of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and professor of sociology and religious studies at Emmanuel College, discuss Vatican criticism of American nuns and their focus on poverty and economic justice. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Museums: Queens County Farm Museum | Amy Boncardo, executive director of The Queens County Farm Museum, talks about the museum's vineyards, dairy and agriculture programs and what visitors can learn on the 47-acre site. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chen Guangcheng Arrives at NYU | Jerome Cohen, China law expert and professor at New York University School of Law, talks about Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who just arrived to start legal studies at NYU Law school after his dramatic stand-off in Beijing. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can You Learn To Be A Man? | Time columnist Joel Stein talks about trying to make himself into father -- and manly man -- material after learning he was having a son in his new book, Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity. Fathers, can you teach masculinity to your son? Have you struggled with how to raise a "man"? Let us know! | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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National Politics Roundup | USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page talks about what the new USA Today/Gallup poll says about the presidential campaign and other national politics. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Public Opinion and the Court | Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick talks about what part public opinion should play in evaluating constitutional issues. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Schneiderman Takes on Citizens United | Eric Schneiderman, New York State attorney general discusses his support of a Montana effort to curb the effect of the Citizens United ruling on campaign finance spending. Plus, mortgage fraud, stop and frisk, and Skechers. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Museums: The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum | Executive director Ellen Bruzelius talks about the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in the Bronx, which includes gardens and a historic 19th century mansion. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Museums: The Noguchi Museum | Jenny Dixon, director of The Noguchi Museum, discusses the museum, founded and designed by Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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End of War: Michelle Bachelet on Women and War | Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, the first Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, discusses the role of women and war--and whether having more women in power would lessen conflicts around the world. This is part of the ongoing series called End of War where we're asking: Is war inevitable? | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tumblr Founder David Karp | The founder and CEO of Tumblr, David Karp, discusses the successful micro-blogging site, Tumblr's efforts to launch the editorial project "Storyboard," and other tech news. → Below video on the New York Times photo morgue produced by WNYC in conjunction with Tumblr. More here. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JP Morgan and the FBI Investigation | Heidi Moore, New York bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent for Marketplace, discusses the latest developments in the JP Morgan story and the FBI's investigation into the matter. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Museums: Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art | Meg Ventrudo, executive director of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, discusses the museum's Tibetan and Himalayan art collection located in Staten Island. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your 20s: The Changing Brain | Each week in May, Meg Jay, clinical psychologist, assistant clinical professor at the University of Virginia, and author of The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now, looks at different aspects of life in your twenties. This Week: how your brain changes throughout your 20s- and how that affects your choices. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop-and-Frisk Class Action | A judge gave the go-ahead to a class action suit against the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy. WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang talks about the suit and its potential impact. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Hayes on Romney vs. Obama | Christopher Hayes, editor-at-large of The Nation and host of "Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC," discusses the latest in politics, from the re-surfacing debt ceiling debate to the return of Jeremiah Wright as campaign issue, and the announcement that Americans Elect can't find a candidate. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Public Art Pitches | The director and chief curator of the Public Art Fund, Nicholas Baume, talks about what makes for great public art and the fund's current projects as listeners share their ideas, realistic and not-so-much. loadSurvey( "your-public-art-pitch", "survey_your-public-art-pitch"); | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Museums: The Waterfront Museum | David Sharps, president of The Waterfront Museum, talks about what visitors can learn about New York City's barges and waterfront history at the museum. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Amateurs | Jack Hitt, contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, and "This American Life" and the author of Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character, says enthusiasts aren't just entertaining oddities, but the soul of American entrepreneurship and identity. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Higher (Cost of) Education | Martha Kanter, U.S. Under Secretary of Education in charge of post-secondary education, talks about the affordability of higher education and the role of community colleges in meeting the goal of having the U.S. have the most college graduates in the world by 2020. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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200 Years of Campaign Posters | W. Ralph Eubanks, publishing director at the Library of Congress and author of Presidential Campaign Posters: Two Hundred Years of Election Art, and Brooke Gladstone, co-host of WNYC's On the Media, talk about the new collection of campaign posters from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Election 2012: This Week's Battle Lines | Sean Trende, senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics and author of Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs - and Who Will Take It, discusses the issues and trends to keep an eye on in the Obama-Romney race, from the gender gap to the continuing fight over long-term debt and tax rates. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 39 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Crossfire it is not
One of the last bastions of true discussion & debate in ALL of media, not just radio. Brian Lehrer confesses to his liberal leanings, but goes out of his way to be an impartial arbiter. Its not faux debate, or infotainment that mainstream news media has become. More power to Brian and WNYC!
Highly Recommended Show
It's always worthwhile listening to a show where you don't know which way the host is leaning on various political/social issues. Some of the guests are very interesting and have proven credentials as experts on their respective professions. Perfect way to stay in tune with today's current events!
5 for not lettting his naturally Democractic side in the way
WNYC is a leader with podcasting availability. Brian seems like a bit of a SNAG, but he doesn't let it get in the way of a good interview. When it's good, I find myself desiring longer interviews. Disclosure: I listen to Howard Stern, then switch to this show if the topic is interesting. It is the perfect format for podcasting, as you can cherry pick the content.
