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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 Trump’s Identity Politics Is Backfiring Now Jul 13, 2020

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With President Trump is still leaning on the racist rhetoric that helped him win in 2016. But this time, it's not working. So what's different now?

On Today's Show:
Perry Bacon Jr., senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, breaks down the latest national political data and news, including Biden's vice-presidential options, and Trump's falling poll numbers.

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The Fight To Let Int'l Students Keep Studying In The U.S. Jul 10, 2020

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Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced that international students would have to leave the country unless they were enrolled in an in-person class.

On Today's Show:
Nicole Agu, vice chair for international student affairs University Student Senate of CUNY, and Dan Berger, partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt, specializing in academic immigration, discuss the response to a new ICE policy requiring international college students in the U.S. to attend in person classes in the fall in order to remain in the country.

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Trump Wins By Losing On His Secret Tax Returns Jul 09, 2020

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The Supreme Court ruled on whether President Trump has to release his tax returns. The verdict? It's complicated, but we got two people deep on this beat to explain it.

On Today's Show:
Andrea Bernstein, WNYC senior editor, co-host of WNYC's and ProPublica's podcast Trump Inc., and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power (W.W. Norton and Company, 2020), and Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered, break down what these rulings mean and what's likely to come next.

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Short Term Stimulus vs. Long Term Pandemic. Sen. Gillibrand on Fixing The Mismatch Jul 08, 2020

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People are struggling right now, and the Federal government is now deliberating over a 5th-round stimulus. But are there sustainable solutions that look beyond today's urgent needs?

On Today's Show:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) talks about the Senate's response to the public health and economic crisis.

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Newt Yesterday, Statues Today Jul 07, 2020

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In this episode, we look at the distant, and not-so-distant past in the context of today's Republican Party and the confederate statues being torn down around the country.

On Today's Show:
Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, co-host of the podcast Politics and Polls, and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (Penguin Press, 2020), talks about his new book and offers historical context for today's news.

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Trump Plus Virus Equals Expanded Immigrant Travel Ban Jul 06, 2020

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The US has tightened its borders to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But it's not raising a drawbridge, there are visas and green cards at play. What do those policies mean for immigrants?

On Today's Show:
Anu Joshi, vice president of policy at the New York Immigration Coalition, talks about the latest immigration news, including President Trump's suspension of new work visas until the end of the year.

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Can The Government Guarantee Jobs for All? Jul 03, 2020

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During the pandemic, unemployment is top of mind. But it won't go away when we get control over the virus. Our guest wrote about a "vaccine" for unemployment: a federal jobs guarentee.

On Today's Show:
Pavlina R. Tcherneva, associate professor at Bard College and research scholar at the Levy Economics Institute and the author of The Case for a Job Guarantee, talks about the Modern Monetary Theory and why it allows for full employment at a living wage -- even now.

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COVID in July: Kindling or Embers? Jul 02, 2020

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As we go into the July 4th weekend, we're seeing COVID-19 cases take a dramatic rise across the country. Did we declare independence from the virus too soon?

On Today's Show:
Health officials are urging Americans to rethink their holiday plans as virus case levels reach new highs. Dr. Ashwin Vasan, physician, epidemiologist, and professor at Columbia and CEO of Fountain House, a community-based mental and public health organization, talks about which states are now setting single-day reporting records, and takes your calls.

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Eddie Glaude on James Baldwin in His Time, and Ours Jul 01, 2020

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What can we learn from the writings of James Baldwin, a Civil Rights era thinker who, in exploring injustice, treated the whole person, body and soul, as subject?

On Today's Show:
Eddie Glaude, chair of Princeton's African-American studies department, talks about his new book, Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Crown, 2020).

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Raising the 'Trayvon Generation' of Black Boys Jun 30, 2020

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A generation of Black children has been raised on videos of violence against those who look like them, committed by police. How can we help them make sense of these traumatic images?

On Today's Show:
Elizabeth Alexander, poet, educator, memoirist, scholar and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, talks about raising Black sons, and how they and their generation are coping with the trauma of watching police violence against Black people, caught on video.

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