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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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Trump's Not 'Crazy Like A Fox.' He's Just... Dec 09, 2020

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With Trump's ongoing efforts to overturn the election, it's worth asking: does he really want to change the result? Or is he sowing strategic chaos?

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.

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Is The Electoral College's 'Safe Harbor' Safe From Trump? Dec 08, 2020

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We've reached "safe harbor," a point on the calendar where Congress is bound by federal law to accept the results of the Electoral College, which votes next week.

On Today's Show:
What is "safe harbor day" and what does it mean for President Trump's efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 Election? Aaron Blake, Washington Post senior political reporter, discusses this and other national political news of the day.

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As COVID Surges, Where Are People Catching It? Dec 07, 2020

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How is the medical profession handling the latest surge in COVID cases? How should the rest of us change our behavior around it?

On Today's Show:
Wafaa El-Sadr, university professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University, the director of ICAP at Columbia University, and director of the Global Health Initiative at the Mailman School of Public Health, talks about the latest COVID surge, and how frontline workers are fighting back the second wave.

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Give Me The Vaccine! Don’t Make Me Take The Vaccine! Dec 04, 2020

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With COVID cases rising around the country, and the policy conversation turning to vaccine distribution, we take a look at who'll get the first doses, and who might still be skeptical of it.

On Today's Show:
Dara Kass, MD, emergency medicine physician at Columbia University Medical Center and Yahoo News medical contributor, talks about the latest numbers and the latest on vaccine development and distribution.

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Rep. Espaillat On COVID Relief And The Next Congress Dec 03, 2020

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Thousands are still jobless due to the COVID pandemic and unemployment supplements ended months ago. Should those who need it expect Congress to step up in its next session?

On Today's Show:
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, U.S. Representative (D, NY-13), talks about the COVID surge in his district (and everywhere), plus the latest on where the next coronavirus relief bill stands, as economic aid to millions of people is about to run out and the pandemic is still wreaking havoc on people's health and the economy.

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What Do Progressives Think Of Biden’s Cabinet Picks? Dec 02, 2020

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As the Biden administration continues to take shape, the executive branch is filling up with familiar faces. We check in on how progressives are feeling about the appointees?

On Today's Show:
Karthik Ganapathy, progressive communications consultant who recently advised Charles Booker’s US Senate campaign, served as a spokesperson for Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Keith Ellison, and the climate change campaign organization 350.org and Katrina vanden Heuvel editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, on Biden’s cabinet picks and where progressives go from here.

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'Republican' Judges Are Skeptical Of Cuomo — And Donald Trump Dec 01, 2020

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It's the first Supreme Court session with a new conservative majority, and there's three politically charged issues on the docket. This week, we get our first good look at the new SCOTUS on COVID precautions v. religious freedom, counting everyone v. counting citizens in the Census, and baseless fraud allegations v. a legitimate election.

On Today's Show:
Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, talks about recent and upcoming Supreme Court court hearings on three crucial issues to democracy.

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John Podesta Defends Controversial Biden Nominees Nov 30, 2020

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John Podesta ran Obama's transition team in 2008. So what does he think of Biden's cabinet nominees? And what do progressives think about the incoming Biden administration?

On Today's Show:
John Podesta, former senior advisor to Presidents Clinton and Obama, talks about President-elect Biden's transition, including his cabinet appointments, and specifically, how the Biden administration will tackle climate change.

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Is Trump Just Mocking Us Or Is He Really Still Trying To Flip The Election? Nov 26, 2020

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With Biden's inauguration approaching, Trump is running out of legal ways to challenge the results of the election. So where are those efforts now?

On Today's Show:
Zoe Tillman, senior legal reporter for BuzzFeed News, talks about how the Trump campaign is still trying to change the results of the election through the courts, and whether there is any chance they could succeed.

NOTE: This conversation was recorded on Wednesday, Nov. 25. That afternoon, a judge in Pennsylvania put the certification process on hold, pending a hearing scheduled for Friday, Nov. 27.

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Do Biden’s Cabinet Picks Just Want To Make It 2016 Again? Nov 25, 2020

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Every presidential transition, we can see the incoming administration start to take shape. So what's the executive branch going to look like under Biden?

On Today's Show:
John Hudson, national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the establishment figures President-elect Biden is appointing to join his cabinet and the White House.

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