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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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Climate Story Of The Week: Eco-Anxiety And Whether To Have Kids May 12, 2022

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As the changing climate continues to shape the planet, and some of the crises that humanity faces while living on it, we explore mental health, and the ethics of having kids.

On Today's Show:
Britt Wray, Human and Planetary Health Fellow at Stanford University and author of the new book Generation Dread, talks about how climate anxiety can affect people's decisions on whether to have children, or not.

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Pizza, Eggs and Baby Formula Meet The Midterm Elections May 11, 2022

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With baby formula shortages and rising grocery costs, we explore the economic situation in the US and around the world.

On Today's Show:
Greg Ip, chief economics commentator at The Wall Street Journal, talks about the latest news on the economy, including the persistent high prices, the stock market sell-off and more as President Biden insists inflation is the administration's highest priority.

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Eric Holder: Abortion Rights and Voting Rights Cases Are Linked May 10, 2022

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President Obama's attorney general has a new book out about voting rights.

On Today's Show:
Eric Holder, former U.S. attorney general under Pres. Obama, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and Sam Koppelman, author and director of surrogate speech-writing on the Biden-Harris presidential campaign, talk about their new book, Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan (One World, 2022), plus the current redistricting picture.

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Rep: Jeffries Wants To See How Susan Collins Votes On Abortion Rights May 09, 2022

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With SCOTUS likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, a Congressman explained what Dems in Congress could do to enshrine reproductive rights into federal law.

On Today's Show:
U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn and Queens), House Democrats chairman, talks about the Alito draft opinion overturning Roe, and the Democrats' outlook for the midterms.

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Top Lawyer In Mississippi Abortion Case: 'Not Locked Out Of Court' May 06, 2022

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If the Supreme Court overturns Roe, it still won't mean the end of lower court battles over abortion rights.

On Today's Show:
Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is the lead litigator in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, discusses the status of abortion rights today, and what a Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade would mean.

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How January 6th and The Roe vs. Wade Draft Ruling Connect May 05, 2022

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A new book details previously unreported events from the January 6th insurrection. In light of the Supreme Court possibly overturning Roe, we look at the state of the political right, now.

On Today's Show:
Alexander Burns, national political correspondent for The New York Times, political analyst for CNN, and the co-author (with Jonathan Martin) of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future (Simon & Schuster, 2022), talks about his new book, an account of the 2020 election and first year of the Biden administration, plus offers an analysis of current politics.

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Nomadland Author On The New “Abortion Diaspora” And More May 04, 2022

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Abortions won't stop if Roe is overturned, but the future of abortion access would certainly look different than it does today.

On Today's Show:
Jessica Bruder, Brooklyn-based journalist and author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (W. W. Norton & Company, 2017), talks about her reporting for The Atlantic on the underground network of activists who have been preparing for the potential that the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade and the right to legal abortion.

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The Leaked SCOTUS Opinion That Could Overturn Roe, Explained May 03, 2022

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A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade's abortion precedent casts uncertainty over the future of reproductive rights.

On Today's Show:
Mary Ziegler, professor at Florida State University College of Law, currently a visiting professor of constitutional law at Harvard and the author of Abortion and the Law in America: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2020), talks about what this means and what comes next for abortion rights in America.

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Who Got Roasted At The Correspondents' Dinner May 02, 2022

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Over the weekend, the D.C. press and President Biden's White House gathered for an evening of good-natured political jest. So who joked about whom? And more Monday morning politics.

On Today's Show:
Jonathan Lemire, White House bureau chief at Politico, host of Way Too Early on MSNBC and NBCNews analyst and Darlene Superville, White House reporter for The Associated Press and the co-author (with Julie Pace) of Jill: A Biography of the First Lady (Little, Brown and Company, 2022), discuss the latest national political developments and Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner.

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Republicans Find A COVID Rule They Like: Keeping Immigrants Out Apr 29, 2022

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One of the central issues at the upcoming Summit Of The Americas is migration, and how to address deportation and asylum cases.

On Today's Show:
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, former Congresswoman from Florida, now special advisor on the Summit of the Americas to the U.S. Department of State, discusses the State Department's priorities at the upcoming Summit of the Americas gathering related to climate change, migration and more.

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