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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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Sen. Wyden On The 'Chutzpah' Needed To Protect Democracy Jan 13, 2025

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Another big political week gets underway, as the Senate prepares a number of confirmation hearings for Trump's incoming cabinet.

On Today's Show:
Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator (D OR) and the author of It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change (Grand Central, 2025), talks about his new book and how he'll work with the new Republican majority in the Senate.

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'This Is Your Politics On Solitude' Jan 10, 2025

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Many Americans are spending more alone time than ever before. How is that impacting out political lives, and the structures of society?

On Today's Show:
Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, author of the "Work in Progress" newsletter and host of the podcast Plain English, and the author, with Ezra Klein, of Abundance (Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 2025), talks about his latest reporting on why so many people feel isolated, and how it impacts their civic lives.

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Dialogue Is Possible J.D. Vance and Bernie Sanders Supporters Talk Jan 10, 2025

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With political polarization at an all-time high, what does it look like for two well-informed people with opposing views to have dialog across different ideas?

On Today's Show:
Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of the podcast Counter Points, and author of several books including The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), and Emily Jashinsky, DC correspondent for UnHerd and co-host of the Counter Points podcast, talk about the national political news of the day.

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Zuck to America: Texas Less Biased Than My Professional Fact-Checkers Jan 08, 2025

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that its social media platforms -- Facebook, Instagram and Threads -- will stop using third-party fact-checkers and rely solely on its users to flag misinformation.

On Today's Show:
Mike Isaac, New York Times reporter covering tech companies and Silicon Valley, explains why the company is repositioning its policy and how that may favor President-elect Donald Trump's second administration. Plus, Yael Eisenstat senior fellow at Cybersecurity for Democracy and former global head of Elections Integrity Ops for political advertising at Facebook discusses her time at Facebook in 2018 as the head of global elections integrity for political ads and what this new move could mean for the company’s ability to meet its responsibility to secure elections.

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Biden’s Last Climate Act before “Drill Baby Drill” Jan 07, 2025

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What could the future look like for climate change and public health policy?

On Today's Show:
U.S. Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ 6th) kicks off the new weekly series with a discussion of the work of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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U.S. Homelessness Hits Record High: Why and What To Do Jan 06, 2025

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Homelessness in the United States hit record highs in 2024. On today's show: Jennifer Ludden, NPR national correspondent covering housing and homelessness, and Peter Hepburn, associate director of Eviction Lab and an assistant professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark, explain some of the factors of why the rates increased by double digits.

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Swing District Democrat On When To Cooperate With Trump Jan 03, 2025

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On the opening day of Congress, where one swing-state Democrat stands on cooperating with Republicans.

On Today's Show:
U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D NY3) talks about working across the aisle in the Republican-controlled House as a Democrat in a district that went for Donald Trump in 2024 and where he thinks Democrats need to cooperate with the majority and where to unite in resistance.

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A Freedom Caucus vs. Trump Test Comes Tomorrow Over Speaker of The House Jan 02, 2025

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It's a big week for Congress, as the GOP's congressional majorities vote for new congressional leadership

On Today's Show:
Molly Ball, senior political correspondent atThe Wall Street Journal, discusses the latest in national political news.

NOTE: The fatal vehicle attack in New Orleans and the Tesla explosion in Las Vegas are developing stories. Authorities might provide updates that are not reflected in this discussion as the investigations continue.

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How Can Trump's Isolationism Include Annexing the Panama Canal or Buying Greenland? Dec 30, 2024

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President-elect Donald Trump's brand of "America First" foreign policy seems at odds with his recent statements about the US's posture toward Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.

On Today's Show:
Jacqueline Alemany, congressional investigations reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the latest political news out of Washington.

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Here Is This Year’s Lehrer Prize For Community Well-Being Topic Dec 24, 2024

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This year, the Lehrer Prize for Community Well-Being will honor people whose work supports transgender children and their families.

On Today's Show:
Listeners call in to nominate the people and organizations making a difference in the lives of trans minors and their parents—medically, socially or in any other way.

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