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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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Latest Episodes:

Why (Some) Women Voted Against The First Female Vice-President Nov 24, 2020

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For the first woman elected to the Vice Presidency, Kamala Harris's support among women, and specifically white women, is lacking. What political, racial and gender dynamics are at play?

On Today's Show:
Kat Stafford, AP national race and ethnicity reporter, and Julie Kohler, fellow in residence at the National Women's Law Center, a senior advisor to the Democracy Alliance, a progressive donor network, and host of the podcast White Picket Fence, talk about how women voted and the effect of having a woman on the ticket as vice president.

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Trump vs. The Voters of Atlanta, Detroit and Philadelphia, Who Have Something In Common Nov 23, 2020

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Trump continues to try and invalidate the ballots of voters in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit, areas with large numbers of Black and Latinx voters.

On Today's Show:
Vanessa Williams, reporter on the national desk at The Washington Post, talks about the latest political news you may have missed over the weekend, and hones in on the, injustice, long perpetrated through this country's history, of disenfranchising voters of color.

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Faith in Democracy vs. Trump’s Faith In Faithless Electors Nov 20, 2020

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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 College (Oxford University Press, 2019), talks about how tightly the Electoral College is bound by certified election results in their states.

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Listeners Have Questions About Trump's Election Lawsuits. We've Got Answers Nov 19, 2020

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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) lawsuits.

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America is Drowning in Student Debt. Will Biden Throw A Life Preserver? Nov 18, 2020

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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 Magazine, talks about the potential backlash against these changes, and argues that change is needed anyway.

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A Squad Of Their Own: The Wave Of Incoming GOP Congresswomen Nov 17, 2020

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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), talks about how Republicans got 35 women elected, and what it means for the GOP.

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Can Trump and Three State Legislatures Steal The Election? Nov 16, 2020

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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 transition hums along and the coronavirus continues to rage out of control.

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Is At-Home Rapid Testing The Best Way Out? Nov 13, 2020

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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.

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The Score So Far: No Fraud 50, Fraud 0 Nov 12, 2020

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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.

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Could Citizen Trump Face Prosecution? Nov 11, 2020

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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.

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