The Brian Lehrer Show

As our centennial series continues, David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and the author of The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958 (Penguin, 2025), discusses his new book, which turns the historian’s lens on his own family tree. EVENT: David Levering Lewis will be in conversation with fellow historian Annette Gordon Reed at 92Y on Thursday, Mar...

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. The State of Crime in the City  (First) | 100 Years of 100 Things: Housing Inequality  (Starts at 35:17) | Adam Gopnik's Insomnia  (Starts at 1:11:4 0) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collect...

Micah Loewinger , co-host of WNYC's On the Media, offers guidance from reporters and consumers on how to navigate the "flood" of news items under the new Trump administration. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kavitha Davidson , sportswriter and host of the podcast Sportly, previews the Super Bowl game between the Eagles and the Chiefs, as well as the pop culture sideshow, and listeners call in to share how they'll watch the game, the halftime show, the ads -- or their counter-programming plans. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

Stephen Vladeck , professor of federal courts at Georgetown University Law Center, talks about some of the legal challenges to early actions by the Trump administration. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chris Crowley , senior writer at Grub Street, talks about his reporting on the fears among local restaurant workers over potential ICE raids. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Federal agencies like the CDC, NIH and the FDA had to remove and alter some data from their websites to comply with executive orders issued by President Trump. Katelyn Jetelina , founder and author of the newsletter "Your Local Epidemiologist," explains why data is "gold," and how these changes may affect our health. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...

Shane Goldmacher , national political correspondent for The New York Times covering the major developments, trends and forces shaping American politics, talks about the Democrats ability to respond to the barrage of action by the new Trump administration and the national party's new leadership. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and u...

Adam Gopnik , staff writer for The New Yorker , and author of The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery  (Liveright, 2023), discusses a recent essay in which he describes his long battle with insomnia. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

News outlets are reporting that NYU Langone is cancelling some appointments for gender-affirming care for transgender children -- and that other hospital systems have removed mentions of gender-affirming care from their websites after President Trump issued a related executive order. Caroline Lewis , health care reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, reports on how trans kids and their families are reacting...

As Girl Scout Cookie season kicks off, Karen Lundgard , interim CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater New York, tells listeners about Troop 6000, a first-of-its-kind program to serve families living in temporary housing in the New York City shelter system, as well as asylum seekers in New York City, and their efforts to sell some of America's favorite sweets. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

As our centennial series continues, Martha S. Jones, legal and cultural historian at Johns Hopkins University and the author of the forthcoming, The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir (Basic Books, 2025), shares her family's long history along America's "jagged color line" and what that's meant for her, her family and the society at large. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

Andrew Prokop , senior politics correspondent at Vox, talks about the "vast powers" that President Trump has given to Elon Musk, what he's doing with them and what's underpinning the effort overhaul of the federal bureaucracy. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mayor Adams cancelled his weekly press conference with reporters in favor of a trip to Albany to press the legislature for the city's priorities—traditionally known as "tin cup day." WNYC and Gothamist reporters Elizabeth Kim  and Jon Campbell recap what he talked about and how legislators in Albany reacted to the mayor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

As our centennial series continues, Bernadette Atuahene , property rights scholar, professor at USC's Gould School of Law and leader of the grassroots Coalition for Property Tax Justice and Black Homes Matter campaigns, and the author of Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America (Little, Brown, 2025), explains the long history of inequality in property tax burdens roo...

 U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) responds to the actions of the Trump administration  so far, when and how Democratic in the Senate can push back, and other matters affecting New Yorkers and the country. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn) talks about his 10-point plan and explains what he is calling for Democrats to do in response to President Trump's moves on federal funding and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As the U.S. Agency for International Development faces a shutdown from the Trump administration, Elissa Miolene , reporter covering the USAID and the U.S. government at Devex, an independent news organization covering global development, explains what the agency does, who might be impacted and why the agency is being targeted. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...

Following Groundhog Day, listeners call in to share how they beat back the winter blues and what sort of rituals they have this time of the year when it's so cold and grey, and Hannah Docter-Loeb , homepage editor for Slate and a freelance writer, shares her tip -- to spend one Saturday eating ice cream for breakfast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ab...

The collision between a passenger jet and Army Blackhawk Helicopter resulted in the worst aviation tragedy in the United States in decades. Oriana Pawlyk , POLITICO’s aviation reporter, and Jeff Wise , aviation journalist and host of the Finding MH370 podcast, share their reporting on the incident, the issues surrounding air traffic controllers, and whether or not this tragedy could have been prev...

Francesca Chambers , White House Correspondent for USA Today , talks about the news from Washington focusing on the federal worker buyout offers and the announced tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elizabeth Glazer, founder of the journal Vital City and former director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, discusses a report that looks at data that illuminates surprising trends in crime in New York City and what it says about public safety and justice right now. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pe...

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Subway Breakdowns  (First) | The Federal Aid Freeze and Reversal  (Starts at 30:30) | 100 Years of 100 Things: The New Yorker Magazine  (Starts at 1:12:00) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our col...

With the Grammy Awards coming up and as our centennial series continues, Gary Trust , New York-based managing director of charts and data operations at Billboard Magazine , looks back through this century of hit music. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Michael Elsen-Rooney , reporter at Chalkbeat New York, delves into his reporting on how fears of family separation and deportation are affecting New York City schools and their students. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.