Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Trump's attempts to overturn the election in the courts isn't going well for him. But are there other ways, through quirks in the Electoral College, that he could hold on to power? On Today's Show: Robert Alexander , professor of political science and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy at Ohio Northern University and the author of Representation and the Electoral Colle...

Trump's lawsuits continue, but there are so many of them, being brought on so many different complaints, that it's hard to keep track of them all.  On Today's Show: Rebecca Green , professor of law at William & Mary and co-director of its Election Law Program, gives an update on the president's attempts to overturn the results of the election by filing (what most legal experts say are baseless) la...

Joe Biden has proposed changes that would affect millions of student loan borrowers, while leaders in the Democratic Party have pushed for student debt to be forgiven. Other commentators have said forgiving student loan debt would be unfair to people who did not go to college or have already paid back their loans.  On Today's Show: Sarah Jones , senior writer at the Intelligencer and New York Maga...

Voters have sent a record-breaking wave of Republican Congresswomen will be going to DC in January, and they want to challenge what they call the 'socialism' of the progressive left. On Today's Show: Olivia Perez-Cubas , communications director for Winning For Women, which advocates and organizes to elect Republican women, and the  former communications director for Senator Marco Rubio (R FL), tal...

Trump has yet to concede the election. And while he's not doing well in his court ballot challenges, he could turn to state legislatures to help him win the electoral college. On Today's Show: Amber Phillips ,  Washington Post political reporter and author of “The 5-Minute Fix” newsletter, talks about the latest national political news, as the president still refuses to concede, the Biden transiti...

On Today's Show: Michael Mina, MD, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, talks about the latest developments in COVID-19 testing and when (and how) to get tested. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Trump has claimed massive voter fraud as the reason he didn't win the election. The New York Times called officials in each state. None of them had reason to believe there was fraud. On Today's Show: Nick Corasaniti , New York Times national politics reporter, and his colleagues called around to election officials all over the country and found zero evidence of such fraud. Hosted by Simplecast, an...

President Trump is no stranger to legal battles. In some cases, it's only his high office that's kept prosecutors for bringing charges. So what happens when he leaves the White House? On Today's Show: Jane Mayer , staff writer and chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker , talks about the latest political headlines plus  her recent story about President Trump's post-election loss fate.   ...

The Commander in Chief is empowered to use the military to protect American interests. But in his final days in office, could Trump start a war to serve his own interests? On Today's Show: Zach Montellaro , Campaign Pro reporter for Politico and the author of the Morning Score newsletter, and Fred Kaplan , Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many books, including The Bomb: Presidents,...

President Trump is in court, fighting to invalidate enough ballots to flip the projected results of the 2020 election. But there might be other motivations behind this legal strategy. On Today's Show: Richard Hasen , professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine, author of Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy (Yale Univers...

Votes are still pouring in and the President's path to an electoral victory is narrowing. So, he's begun a different approach: He's trying to sue himself into a second term.  On Today's Show: Ari Berman senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering voting rights and author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America   and Jami Floyd ,  senior editor for race & justice at WN...

 Democrats didn't see the electoral blowout they hoped for, and they actually lost some seats in the House. That, plus the Trump campaigns count the vote/stop the vote lawsuits. On Today's Show: Hakeem Jeffries , U.S. Representative (D NY-8th, Brooklyn and Queens), talks about where the Democratic Party stands after Election Day, and what comes next. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...

The voting ended yesterday, the election saga continues, now in the courts and at election authorities around the country. So what's next? And when will we have a president? On Today's Show: Dale Ho , director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project, talks about legal challenges to voter access or the counting of ballots. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...

It's election day, so we thought we'd talk to voters who switched parties, or hadn't made their choice until recently, as we go over what to expect from the returns tonight as the polls close on the 2020 election.  On Today's Show: Jim Newell , senior political writer for Slate, offers the latest news on races, polls, voter intimidation and more.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm....

When public health agencies get politicized, it's that much harder to separate medical advice from political messaging. But in a pandemic, "communication is medicine." So how do we fix it? On Today's Show: Andy Slavitt , former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and host of the podcast In the Bubble, talks about the presidential candidates' pandemic preparedness...

The president's top advisor said that Trump wants to help Black Americans, but "he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful." How do Black Americans feel about that? On Today's Show: Callers react to Kushner's statements, and Kai Wright , host and managing editor for the WNYC show The United States of Anxiety, talks about how this line of thinking has permeated the Rep...

We've talked about the underlying reasons that Black and Brown people have been hit disproportionately hard by this pandemic. But what can we do about it? On Today's Show: Mary Bassett ,  director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, as well as professor at the Harvard School of Public Health,  talks about how to fight the disparate impact in who gets sick, and who...

On Today's Show: Former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg discusses his book, the election, and how the new Supreme Court could affect same-sex marriages like his. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's the final countdown to election day, just 8 days away, and the Trump administration has signaled that it's done trying to contain the pandemic. The election, the pandemic, and today's Senate vote on Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. On Today's Show: Amber Phillips, reporter for The Washington Post's The Fix, discusses the latest in politics, polls, COVID and SCOTUS, and t...

Possible parallels between post-election 2020 and the uncertainty caused by Florida's recount in 2000? Plus, how Trump's racism actively hurts people of color. On Today's Show: Donna Brazile ,  Fox New analyst, former Democratic National Committee chair and author of Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House (Hachette, 2017),  offers analysis...

Democrats boycotted a Senate Judiciary Committee vote to move Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS nomination for a full floor vote. So how are Democrats thinking about the future of the court? On Today's Show: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D CT), member of the Foreign Relations committee and author of the forthcoming  The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy (Random House, 2020),...

New rules mean that at Thursday's presidential debate, there won't be as much interrupting as the first one. So what should we expect? On Today's Show: Susan Glasser , staff writer for The New Yorker, CNN global affairs analyst and co-author, with Peter Baker, of The Man Who Ran Washington: the Life and Times of Jim Baker III (Doubleday, 2020), talks about the latest national political news. Hoste...

Trump's Justice Department is fighting in court to end affirmative action in college admissions. So what's behind the argument that this policy meant to address racial bias is, in fact, racist? On Today's Show: Erwin Chemerinsky , professor and dean of Berkeley Law, and the author of several books, including We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century (Pic...

The two candidates have different ideas of what law and order means. In terms of handling protests, police reform, white supremacy & white collar crime, where do Trump and Biden stand? On Today's Show: Inimai Chettiar , federal legislative and policy director for the Justice Action Network, and Jeffrey Butts , professor and director of the Research and Evaluation Center at CUNY John Jay College of...

It's a pretty atypical election year, which means that things won't look like they usually do when you cast your ballot. But how can we spot voter suppression this pandemic election? On Today's Show: With voting underway around the country, Franita Tolson , law professor at USC specializing in election law, talks about some of the early challenges, from long lines to too few or unauthorized drop-b...