The Brian Lehrer Show

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AO
 Aug 26, 2019
Brian is one of the best interviewers around.

JDS
 Mar 27, 2019
Top Notch Interviews, Really Well Done, It's One of My Favorite Podcasts Out there!

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 Jul 11, 2018
Leonard is the king of WNYC and New York in general, providing glorious, locally focused news.

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

Episode Date
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Contrapoints; Child Care; SCOTUS 'Vibes'
May 31, 2025
The Latest on International Students in the US
May 30, 2025
Long Lines of New York City
May 30, 2025
The Child Care Issue
May 30, 2025
DOGE Days Aren't Over
May 30, 2025
Contrapoints' Natalie Wynn Deep Dives into the Philosophy of Conspiracies
May 29, 2025
A New Leader for Citizens Union
May 29, 2025
SALT Cap Trade-Offs
May 29, 2025
Israel Ramps Up Attacks on Gaza
May 28, 2025
Nuggets of Wisdom From This Year's Commencement Addresses
May 28, 2025
City Politics: An ICE Arrest; Cuomo's Nursing Home Legacy; The Campaign Money Trail
May 28, 2025
'Bad Vibes' at the Supreme Court
May 28, 2025
Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim: Rep. McIver's Arrest; Putin and More
May 27, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Shortwave Radio
May 27, 2025
CUNY Funding, Interrupted
May 27, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Women in the Military; New Yorker Magazine; Catskills Hotels; Street Photography
May 26, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: 100 Years of Best Sellers, 100 Years of NYC Films, Summer Culture Calendar: Classical Music
May 24, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: US Population & Mortality Shifts; The ERA; New Yorker Cartoons; Roller Coasters
May 23, 2025
10-Question Quiz: Name That Tune
May 22, 2025
Call Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand on Trump's Big Bill
May 22, 2025
What We Risk Losing Without Federally-Funded Scientific Research
May 22, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: New Books
May 22, 2025
How the Republican Budget Bill Could Affect NYC
May 22, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: Summer Movies
May 21, 2025
City Politics: Debate Questions
May 21, 2025
What's Going On with Trump's Budget Bill?
May 21, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Best Sellers
May 21, 2025
10-Question Quiz: City Critters
May 21, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: Classical Music
May 20, 2025
10-Question Quiz: New York Movies
May 20, 2025
SCOTUS Takes on Birthright Citizenship and More
May 20, 2025
GOP Bill Seeks to Roll Back Clean Energy
May 20, 2025
GOP Bill Goes After Medicaid
May 20, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: New York Films
May 19, 2025
10-Question Quiz: Who Said That?
May 19, 2025
WNYC and Gothamist Get Pulitzer Recognition for Rikers Report
May 19, 2025
Supreme Court on Alien Enemies Act and More
May 19, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: Outdoor Theater
May 19, 2025
Citizenship Quiz: American History and Geography
May 16, 2025
Gary Cohen Previews the Subway Series
May 16, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: Art All Around
May 16, 2025
Jonathan Capehart's Self Discovery
May 16, 2025
Impacts of NEA Grant Cuts
May 16, 2025
Ask Governor Murphy: May 2025 Recap
May 15, 2025
NYC Primary Election Countdown
May 15, 2025
Citizenship Quiz: American Government and History
May 15, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: After Dark
May 15, 2025
Ongoing Threats to Public Media Funding
May 15, 2025
Sen. Murphy Sounds the Alarm on Authoritarianism
May 14, 2025
Citizenship Quiz: American Government
May 14, 2025
City Politics: Cuomo's Campaign Finance Troubles
May 14, 2025
Summer Culture Calendar: SummerStage & Celebrate Brooklyn!
May 14, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: The NYC Skyline
May 14, 2025
What the Film & TV Industry Thinks of Pres. Trump's Tariff Announcement
May 13, 2025
The Facts (and Myths) of Water Fluoridation
May 13, 2025
NJ's Democratic Candidates for Governor Speak
May 13, 2025
The NYPD Gang Database
May 13, 2025
300 Years of Critiquing Capitalism
May 12, 2025
SCOTUS End of Term Preview
May 12, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Yogi Berra
May 12, 2025
Charter Revision Ideas
May 12, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: A New Pope; Bob Costas; The Music of Celia Cruz
May 10, 2025
Speed Cameras Coming for Bridges and Tunnels
May 09, 2025
Out of the Box Mother's Day Gifts
May 09, 2025
What to Know About Trump's Embrace of Crypto
May 09, 2025
New Pope, New Era for Catholics
May 09, 2025
Honoring Free Expression
May 08, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: The Legacy of Celia Cruz
May 08, 2025
NJ's Republican Candidates for Governor Speak
May 08, 2025
Trump Admin's Cuts Hit Universities Hard
May 08, 2025
Bob Costas Reflects
May 07, 2025
City Politics: Cuomo vs Adams; AOC's Town Hall & More
May 07, 2025
What's Going On At Newark Airport?
May 07, 2025
What Does 'Fetal Personhood' Mean Post-Dobbs?
May 07, 2025
Dumbing Down Your Smartphone
May 06, 2025
RFK Jr. Wants to Test New Vaccines Against Placebos
May 06, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Commercial Aviation
May 06, 2025
How EPA Cuts Are Affecting NYC
May 06, 2025
The Rent is Going Higher
May 05, 2025
The Latest on the Trade War With China
May 05, 2025
When Wall Street & University Boards Meet
May 05, 2025
Celebrating NYC's Mexican Communities
May 05, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: NYC Health Commissioner; REAL ID; 100 Years: Military Women
May 03, 2025
What's in the Mayor's Budget Proposal?
May 02, 2025
Overcoming Tech-Induced Laziness
May 02, 2025
Friday Morning Politics: The GOP's 'Mega Bill' and More
May 02, 2025
Career Counseling Courtesy of the New York Public Library
May 02, 2025
REAL ID, for Real This Time
May 01, 2025
Behind the Trump Administration Scenes on Abrego Garcia
May 01, 2025
Meet the NJ Gov Candidates: Sean Spiller
May 01, 2025
A Pathway to the Workforce for NYC Youth
May 01, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Women in the Military
Apr 30, 2025
The Politics and Policy of Empowering Skilled Workers
Apr 30, 2025
City Politics: The Candidates on Subway Crime
Apr 30, 2025
National Politics and Your College Decisions
Apr 29, 2025
Assessing the First 100 Days of Trump 2.0
Apr 29, 2025
NYC Health Department Braces for Federal Budget Cuts
Apr 29, 2025
Music & History from the Navy Yard
Apr 29, 2025
New York State Has a Budget Deal
Apr 29, 2025
Trump Weighs in on Native American Mascots
Apr 28, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Immigrant Detention
Apr 28, 2025
Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on Democracy, Tariffs, Ukraine and More
Apr 28, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Janno Lieber; Goodbye Regulations; Street Photography
Apr 26, 2025
Your Career Pivots
Apr 25, 2025
Catching Up on Project 2025
Apr 25, 2025
Friday Morning Politics: Rep. Lawler
Apr 25, 2025
An Autism Advocate's Take on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Autism Registry'
Apr 25, 2025
Albany Budget Update
Apr 25, 2025
What Direction Will a New Pope Take the Catholic Church?
Apr 24, 2025
New in Central Park
Apr 24, 2025
The 'Paper Ceiling' For Skilled Workers
Apr 24, 2025
MTA Chair Janno Lieber on Congestion Pricing, Penn Station and More
Apr 24, 2025
Will Anyone Check the President?
Apr 23, 2025
City Politics: Who Will Win Progressives' Votes?
Apr 23, 2025
The Upwardly Mobile Jobs Employers Can't Staff
Apr 23, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Street Photography
Apr 22, 2025
The Health Impacts of Defunding Climate Change Research
Apr 22, 2025
Goodbye to Federal Regulations
Apr 22, 2025
The State of New York's Casino Bidding Process
Apr 22, 2025
Your Pope Francis Reflections
Apr 21, 2025
Trump vs Law Firms
Apr 21, 2025
Trump Takes Over Penn Station Reconstruction
Apr 21, 2025
The President and the Supreme Court's Temporary Deportation Rebuke
Apr 21, 2025
Trump vs. Harvard
Apr 18, 2025
The Many Mushrooms of New York City
Apr 18, 2025
What's the Holdup in the NYS Budget?
Apr 18, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Public Education
Apr 18, 2025
Preserving the Internet
Apr 17, 2025
Grandparents as Childcare
Apr 17, 2025
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Adrienne Adams
Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Morning Politics: Trump and the Courts
Apr 17, 2025
Spring Allergies 101
Apr 16, 2025
How IVF Challenges Our Understanding of Embryos
Apr 16, 2025
City Politics: Cuomo's Campaign Faces Ups and Downs
Apr 16, 2025
The Trump Administration's Latest Moves on Immigration
Apr 16, 2025
RFK Jr's 'Chronic Disease Tour' Wraps
Apr 15, 2025
Meta's Big Antitrust Trial
Apr 15, 2025
Advice for Non-Citizen International Travelers
Apr 15, 2025
How Trump's Climate Cuts Will Impact NYC
Apr 15, 2025
Monday Morning Politics: Budget Blueprints
Apr 14, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Commonweal and American Catholicism
Apr 14, 2025
Procrastinators Guide to Tax Filing
Apr 14, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Could Still 'Pummel' NYC
Apr 14, 2025
Bronx Borough President on the State of the Borough
Apr 11, 2025
100 Years of 100 Things: Roller Coasters
Apr 11, 2025
Trump's Trade War and Wall Street
Apr 11, 2025
No Degree, No Problem
Apr 11, 2025
Strange Sports & Crazy Contests
Apr 10, 2025
Call Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand
Apr 10, 2025
Employers Looking Beyond Degree Status
Apr 10, 2025