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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

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More Than The Usual Swing States To Watch Tonight, and Legal Challenges Beyond Nov 05, 2024

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On Election Day, we cover some of the 'states to watch' in tonight's early election returns, as well as legal challenges to the vote count that might be mounted in the days that follow.

On Today's Show:
Elie Honig, senior legal analyst at CNN, New York Magazine columnist, former New Jersey and federal prosecutor and author of Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It (Harper, 2023), offers legal analysis of lawsuits Trump supporters have already filed to challenge election results and explains how the justice system may respond to bad actors trying to contest the results and sow chaos this time.

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Yes, Some Women Are Not Telling Their Husbands They’re Voting For Harris Nov 04, 2024

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On 'Election Day Eve,' some analysis around soem late-breaking polling and what they suggest about the gender spread among presidential voters this year.

On Today's Show:
Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief, discusses the latest national political headlines as Election Day looms.

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Bob Woodward on Harris and Netanyahu, WaPo Not Endorsing, and More Nov 01, 2024

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What's at stake for war and peace in this presidential election?

On Today's Show:
Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, associate editor at The Washington Post and the author of many books, including his latest, War (Simon and Schuster, 2024), talks about his reporting on what to expect from Trump and Harris on foreign policy -- and responds to the controversial decision by the Post not to endorse a candidate.

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America, Are We Ready To Trust The Media's Election Coverage? Oct 31, 2024

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WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season.

On Today's Show:
Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media, discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endorsements, the role of mis- and disinformation and more.

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With 6 Days To Go, Candidates' War Of Words Intensifies Oct 30, 2024

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Election Day is under a week away, with many states in the midst of early voting, and the polls remain closer than ever.

On Today's Show:
Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, where both Harris and Trump are making their closing arguments to voters.

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Why The US Is Outside Looking In at the UN Biodiversity Conference Oct 29, 2024

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Climate change doesn't only mean keeping global temperatures down. The UN is also exploring the need to prevent species extinction and ecological collapse.

On Today's Show:
Benji Jones, an environmental correspondent at Vox covering biodiversity and climate change, reports from Colombia and COP16, the UN conference with the goal of preserving biodiversity, on progress, funding and the relationship to climate change.

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World’s Richest Man Asks for Tax Cut At Trump Rally Oct 28, 2024

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On Today's Show:
Lucia Starbuck, political reporter and host of Purple Politics Nevada at KUNR, talks about the issues animating voters in the swing state of Nevada, what the polls show about Trump and Harris's chances of winning the state, and the unique political dynamics at play.

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Election Lawyer Marc Elias On The Subterfuge He’s Preparing For Oct 25, 2024

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Former president Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results in court and lost.

On Today's Show:
Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket and partner at Elias Law Group, talks about his experience in overturning Trump's challenge in court, and what he anticipates may be the battle ahead for the 2024 election should Trump deny a potential loss.

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Tape of Former Chief of Staff: Trump’s a Fascist, Praised Hitler Oct 24, 2024

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With the 2024 election season wrapping up in under two weeks, a look at the latest developing stories from the campaign trail.

On Today's Show:
Dana Milbank, columnist for The Washington Post and the author of Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists and Dunces who Burned Down the House (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), talks about his new book and the congressional races.

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'On The Media' Co-hosts Follow The Election Money Trail Oct 23, 2024

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Influencers, billions of dollars in campaign funding, and the first presidential election after Jan. 6, all add up to a different kind of campaign coverage in the mainstream media.

On Today's Show:
Brooke Gladstone, and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On The Media, talk about what’s been different in the media during this presidential election cycle compared to the last two.

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