The Brian Lehrer Show

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

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 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
Back to School: Emotional Health
Sep 05, 2025
The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens
Sep 05, 2025
Exit Interview for Rep. Nadler
Sep 05, 2025
A Tally of Trump's Profits
Sep 05, 2025
Serbia Is Where the East and West Collide Politically
Sep 04, 2025
Pandemic Kindergarteners Are Now Middle Schoolers
Sep 04, 2025
Epstein Survivors Urge Congress to Release Government Files
Sep 04, 2025
The NJ Governor's Race Heats Up
Sep 04, 2025
How President Trump Has Waged 'War' on the Bureaucracy
Sep 03, 2025
City Politics: Nadler's Retirement; Hochul and Trump; Charter Schools in the Mayoral Campaign
Sep 03, 2025
Is Self-Help Too Self-Centered?
Sep 03, 2025
The Latest on COVID Shots
Sep 03, 2025
The Appeal of Reunion Tours
Sep 02, 2025
Back to School with the Chancellor
Sep 02, 2025
Call Your Senator: Sen. Andy Kim on Foreign Policy; Deportations; More Rescissions; and More
Sep 02, 2025
The Trump Administration and America's Worst Measles Outbreak in Decades
Sep 02, 2025
Labor Day: Non-College Employment STARs, History, Policy & Politics, Career Advice
Sep 01, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: The New ICE, Waymos in NYC, Why Have Youth Sports Gotten so Intense
Aug 30, 2025
Summer Friday: AI & Education; 1963; 100 Years of Flying; Helping Hands
Aug 29, 2025
Your Summer Bucket List
Aug 28, 2025
The New ICE
Aug 28, 2025
So Rude
Aug 28, 2025
PATH's 'Summer of Hell'
Aug 28, 2025
Lost, then Found
Aug 27, 2025
City Politics: Trouble in the Adams' Campaign, Mamdani's Scavenger Hunt, and more
Aug 27, 2025
The National Guard on Trump's Standby
Aug 27, 2025
Driverless Cars in NYC?
Aug 27, 2025
Trump Administration & English Language Learners
Aug 26, 2025
Gen Z Wishes It Were 1997
Aug 26, 2025
Two New York Gas Pipelines Move Toward Approval
Aug 26, 2025
Tuesday Morning Economic News
Aug 26, 2025
Sharing Salaries Among Colleagues
Aug 25, 2025
Why Have Youth Sports Gotten So Intense?
Aug 25, 2025
Messaging Against Trump: What's Worked For Dems, And What Hasn't
Aug 25, 2025
The Long-Promised Second Avenue Subway Extension
Aug 25, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Trump & Business; AI & Therapy; Weekend Plans
Aug 23, 2025
NYC's Racial Equity Plan Delayed
Aug 22, 2025
Your Late-Summer Weekend Plans
Aug 22, 2025
How Each Party Wants to Help Non-College Educated Workers
Aug 22, 2025
Trump's DOJ Probes Providers of Trans Healthcare
Aug 22, 2025
The Future of Using AI for Therapy
Aug 21, 2025
Best (and Worst) Things to Say to Someone Experiencing a Breakup
Aug 21, 2025
An Adams Ally Gave a Reporter a Wad of Cash
Aug 21, 2025
President Trump Comes for the Museums
Aug 21, 2025
The Final Round for NYC Casino Licenses
Aug 21, 2025
Back to Campus Calls
Aug 20, 2025
Hurricane Erin Closes Local Beaches
Aug 20, 2025
Red/Blue Redistricting
Aug 20, 2025
City Politics: Cuomo Talks Trump in the Hamptons
Aug 20, 2025
Everyone's A Critic
Aug 19, 2025
The Trump Zelensky Meeting
Aug 19, 2025
The Latest on New Jersey's Governor Race
Aug 19, 2025
Climate and the 'Turf Wars'
Aug 19, 2025
How to Get Invited Back to the Beach House
Aug 18, 2025
How Peanut the Squirrel Wreaked Havoc on New York State Wildlife Enforcement
Aug 18, 2025
How President Trump is Bigfooting Big Business
Aug 18, 2025
Monday Morning Politics: Trump's Ceasefire Reversal, The D.C. Police Takeover and More
Aug 18, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Squalid Conditions at ICE's Manhattan Facility; Selling Eternal Life; The Politics of Jerry Garcia
Aug 16, 2025
Summer Friday: History of Capitalism; Air Conditioning; Black Lung's Return; Elie Mystal
Aug 15, 2025
The Politics of Jerry Garcia
Aug 14, 2025
Trump/Putin Summit Preview
Aug 14, 2025
Are Men the Solution to the Child Care Crisis?
Aug 14, 2025
Squalid Conditions at ICE's Manhattan Facility
Aug 14, 2025
Farewell, AOL Dial-Up
Aug 13, 2025
City Politics: Cuomo, Mamdani Continue to Spar
Aug 13, 2025
Smoking Kills. But Does Nicotine?
Aug 13, 2025
Pres. Trump Sends Federal Troops to Police Washington D.C.
Aug 13, 2025
HHS & mRNA Vaccines Research Cuts
Aug 12, 2025
WNBA Players Say 'Pay Us What You Owe Us'
Aug 12, 2025
New York's Gambling History
Aug 12, 2025
The Ongoing Legionnaires' Outbreak
Aug 12, 2025
Trump's Tariffs Could Be Hard To "Dislodge"
Aug 11, 2025
Selling Eternal Life
Aug 11, 2025
How President Trump and His Tariffs Are Affecting NYC Tourism
Aug 11, 2025
Fun With Words
Aug 11, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Robert Reich; What to Know About ARFID; Gen Z Intimacy
Aug 09, 2025
Summer Friday: Project 2025; The Jersey Shore; Young Men & the Left; Decade-by-Decade Best Sellers
Aug 08, 2025
The Animal Shelters are Full
Aug 07, 2025
The Gen Z Intimacy Recession
Aug 07, 2025
How to Avoid an Onslaught of New Scams
Aug 07, 2025
Mamdani Analysis and More Campaign Politics
Aug 07, 2025
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Zohran Mamdani
Aug 07, 2025
What to Know About the Eating Disorder ARFID
Aug 06, 2025
City Politics: Democrats Differ on Mamdani
Aug 06, 2025
Wednesday Morning Politics: A Raucous Town Hall in Nebraska and Other News from Congress
Aug 06, 2025
The Delacorte Theater Reopens With 'Twelfth Night'
Aug 06, 2025
Meeting People to Date IRL
Aug 05, 2025
Robert Reich's Critique of Fellow Boomers
Aug 05, 2025
FDA Panel's "Misinformation" on Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy
Aug 05, 2025
Segregation at NYC's Specialized High Schools
Aug 05, 2025
NPR's Song of the Summer
Aug 04, 2025
Monday Morning Politics With Rep. Torres
Aug 04, 2025
NASA's Reliance on Elon Musk
Aug 04, 2025
Mayor Adams' Campaign Submitted Faked and Fraudulent Signatures
Aug 04, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Drug Coverage; Fire & Floods; Explaining Sugars
Aug 02, 2025
The City's Newest Housing Plans
Aug 01, 2025
The Public Song Project Concert
Aug 01, 2025
The Fed's Interest Rate Decision, a Tariff Deadline and a New Jobs Report
Aug 01, 2025
Everything We Know About Jeffrey Epstein
Aug 01, 2025
How Your Social Media Feeds and Habits Have Changed
Jul 31, 2025
Private Insurers Cover Drugs Less Often Now
Jul 31, 2025
Fires, Floods, Air Quality & Climate Change
Jul 31, 2025
Answering the Texas Redistricting Strategy
Jul 31, 2025
Gun Control After a Mass Shooting in Midtown
Jul 30, 2025
Outdoor Workers Share Tips for Coping With the Heat
Jul 30, 2025
Report from Israel
Jul 30, 2025
City Politics: Candidates React to Midtown Office Shooting
Jul 30, 2025
Updates on the Midtown Office Shooting
Jul 29, 2025
Your Side Hustles
Jul 29, 2025
The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Jul 29, 2025
'Cane Sugar' vs High Fructose Corn Syrup
Jul 29, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency Flips on Greenhouse Gases
Jul 29, 2025
European Tariff Deal, Car Prices & The Economy
Jul 28, 2025
Plans for NYC Schools Cellphone Ban
Jul 28, 2025
Bringing Vacation Joy Back Home
Jul 28, 2025
Cuomo Analysis and More Campaign Politics
Jul 28, 2025
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Andrew Cuomo
Jul 28, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: Charter Revision Questions, HRT and the FDA, NYPD Cracks Down on Cyclists
Jul 26, 2025
Summer Friday: Building 'Abundance'; Bob Costas; Trans Women in Sports
Jul 25, 2025
Why & How to Get Plastic-Free Kitchens
Jul 24, 2025
The House Shuts Down Early Avoiding Epstein Drama
Jul 24, 2025
The Fears of Naturalized Citizens
Jul 24, 2025
The NYPD's Crackdown on Cyclists
Jul 24, 2025
Chefs Love Salt
Jul 23, 2025
Teaching History in This Fraught Time
Jul 23, 2025
Mehdi Hasan vs. the Far Right
Jul 23, 2025
City Politics: Summer Campaigning
Jul 23, 2025
The Upside of Doing Chores
Jul 22, 2025
Texas Goes Back to the Redistricting Drawing Board
Jul 22, 2025
HRT and the FDA
Jul 22, 2025
Charter Revision Questions Are Set
Jul 22, 2025
Saving Small Downtown Movie Theaters
Jul 21, 2025
Bike Lane Bedlam and a Subway Crime Showdown
Jul 21, 2025
Monday Morning Media Politics
Jul 21, 2025
Does Remote Work Hold Women Back?
Jul 21, 2025
Brian Lehrer Weekend: NYC Teachers & AI; Defining Antisemitism; 'Death & Taxes'
Jul 19, 2025
Ask Governor Murphy: July 2025 Recap
Jul 18, 2025
Columbia's Controversial New Definition of Antisemitism
Jul 18, 2025
Sportstalk: Caitlin Clark, Robo-Umps & More
Jul 18, 2025
Legal News Roundup: The DOJ and Emil Bove
Jul 18, 2025
Candidate Sliwa's Chances
Jul 17, 2025
The News From Your Block
Jul 17, 2025
The Senate Approved Cuts to NPR and PBS. What Happens Next?
Jul 17, 2025
Death and (Estate) Taxes
Jul 17, 2025
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Curtis Sliwa
Jul 17, 2025
Your TV Recommendations
Jul 16, 2025
Why the Epstein Case is Dividing MAGA
Jul 16, 2025
Garry Kasparov on 'Autocracy in America'
Jul 16, 2025
City Politics: Mamdani Meets With Business Leaders; Cuomo's Officially in the Race
Jul 16, 2025
OMNY's Rocky Rollout Continues
Jul 15, 2025