The Brian Lehrer Show

Listeners call in to share who they ranked in the primary election, including in races besides just the mayoral, and Brigid Bergin , WNYC's senior political correspondent,  shares her most recent reporting on the election, including the latest on what we know about early voting numbers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pe...

As our centennial series continues, Marc Stein , the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker professor of history at San Francisco State University, director of the OutHistory website , author and editor of many books, including Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism (University of California Press, 2022) and The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (NYU Press, 2019), takes us through the history o...

Listeners call in to share who they ranked in the mayoral primary election, and Brigid Bergin , WNYC's senior political correspondent, shares her most recent reporting on the election, including the various campaigns' "get out the vote" efforts.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Black lung had largely been eradicated by the end of the last century. Now, the disease has reemerged in coal country, and federal cuts threaten at-risk miners. Kate Morgan , Pennsylvania-based freelance journalist,  talks about her reporting on black lung for the New York Times . → How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for i...

The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for the area through 8pm Tuesday. Zach Iscol , NYC Emergency Management commissioner, talks about what New Yorkers can do to stay safe.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent shares her reporting on the early voting numbers so far, plus listeners call in to react to the mayoral candidate interviews from the first hour of the show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the day before the primary election, New York City Council Speaker  Adrienne Adams , former State Assembly Member  Michael Blake , former New York Governor  Andrew Cuomo , New York City Comptroller  Brad Lander , State Assembly Member  Zohran Mamdani , State Senator  Zellnor Myrie , State Senator  Jessica Ramos , former New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer , and Whitney Tilson , former hedg...

Emily Bazelon , staff writer for The New York Times Magazine , co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), discusses the latest news coming out of the Supreme Court, including President Donald Trump's leg...

First, Bill de Blasio , former mayor of New York City, explains why he does not think Andrew Cuomo should be the next mayor of New York City, plus responds to the New York Times editorial that blamed his administration for many of the city's problems, then New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D-42) chair of the Kings County Democratic County Committee, offers her reasoning for...

Fred Kaplan , Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (Miniver Press, 2024), offers analysis of the Iran-Israel conflict and discusses his recent column appraising the odds of the United States joining the fight Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pers...

Stephen Nessen , transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, talks about where the mayoral primary candidates stand on issues related to public transportation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nancy Solomon , WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, including the results of the gubernatorial primary election, and the latest new on an immigrant detention center in Newark at the center of a fight between New Jersey Democrats and President Donald Trump. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court's decided to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for minors in the United States v. Skrmetti case. Jack Turban , MD, MHS, adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist and author of Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity (Atria Books, 2024), offers his perspective on the ruling and how it will affect transgender children and their families. Hosted...

Carl Hancock Rux , poet, playwright, recording artist, essayist and radio journalist, talks about Lincoln Center’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration, which pays tribute to enslaved people and their use of folklore to survive the trauma of the Transatlantic slave trade. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...

Juan Manuel Benitez , professor of local journalism at Columbia Journalism School and member of the New York Editorial Board, and Jeffrey Mays , a New York Times reporter covering politics with a focus on New York City Hall, talks about the broadcast (as well as print and digital) advertisements flooding the zone in the week before the Democratic mayoral primary, many paid for by the deep-pocketed...

Israel's attacks on Iran have caused destruction that shows no sign of letting up. Robin Wright , contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker and distinguished fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, discusses the conflict and its mounting death toll. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kate Shaw , professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times , discusses the latest news coming out of the Supreme Court, including the court's ruling in a Tennessee case regarding gender affirming care for minors and more.      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...

With less than a week before primary day, WNYC and Gothamist reporter Elizabeth Kim discusses the latest news from the mayoral campaign trail, including Comptroller Brad Lander's arrest by ICE, Assemblymember Mamdani's decision to hire additional security and what early voters are saying at their poll sites. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our co...

As early voting in the Democratic mayoral primary is underway, listeners share their top three issues, and their top candidate or candidates.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jon Cohen , senior correspondent with Science , reports on how countries that suffer high rates of HIV/AIDS are coping now that USAID funding has dried up, and how local governments, especially in places like Lesotho, are attempting to figure out solutions. Plus, Wafaa El-Sadr, MD , Columbia University professor of epidemiology and medicine and director of ICAP, a global health center at the schoo...

Marisa Donnelly, PhD , New York correspondent for Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about the various public health policies the mayoral candidates support, and what the mayor can do about public health more broadly. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Julie Tighe , president of New York League of Conservation Voters, and Keanu Arpels-Josiah , climate justice organizer with Fridays for Future NYC, talks about the mayoral candidates' positions on climate change and the environment. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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, offers analysis of the mayoral primary debate, and talks about the latest news from the campaign trail as early voting is underway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our col...

Robert Macfarlane , a fellow at the University of Cambridge and the author of several books, including Underland and his new one, Is a River Alive? (W. W. Norton & Company, 2025), talks about the new book that questions how we treat rivers through the stories of rivers in Ecuador, India and Canada. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a...

Susan Glasser , staff writer at The New Yorker and author of a weekly column on life in Washington, and the host of the Political Scene podcast, talks about the latest national political news, including the latest on Los Angeles, President Trump's military parade, the "No More Kings" protests and the politically-motivated shooting of lawmakers in Minnesota. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...