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The Brian Lehrer Show

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.

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Who's Running This Place: Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the Stakes of the Midterms Oct 29, 2026

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Every Thursday from 1 to 2 PM on WNYC, through Election Day, WNYC senior political reporter Brigid Bergin hosts a pop-up local politics call-in show called Who's Running This Place. You can find out more on WNYC.org, and stay tuned to this podcast feed. We'll be sharing Brigid's conversations here every Thursday evening.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani discusses this years midterm elections, including the measures and candidates on the ballot , the issues they stand for and what it means for NYC. Then, WNYC/Gothamist reporters Liz Kim and Jon Campbell bring their reporting and political analysis to Mayor Mamdani's conversation, and to the election, for which early voting is underway.

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30 Issues in 30 Days: National Debt Oct 29, 2026

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Jared Bernstein, economist and former United States chairman of Council of Economic Advisers under President Biden, talks about the rising national debt and why candidates are -- or aren't -- discussing it on the campaign trail ahead of election day.

Photo: A view of a bus shelter at 18th and K St's NW where a poster and electronic billboard displays the current U.S. National debt per person and as a nation at 40 Trillion dollars on August 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation)

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Road Rage on the GWB Oct 29, 2026

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An ex-cop allegedly shot and killed a driver on the George Washington Bridge in an apparent road rage incident. Samantha Max, reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, reports on what prosecutors say happened on the bridge and what is happening in the courts, as the charges have changed a couple times from murder, to manslaughter and back to murder.
Photo: A 46-year-old man was fatally shot while driving on the George Washington Bridge on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Why Are Birthrates Falling? Oct 29, 2026

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Anna Louie Sussman, New York Times contributing opinion writer and author of Inconceivable: The Impossibility of Family in an Age of Uncertainty, talks about her new book that explores, through analysis and personal stories, the reasons for the falling birthrate.

Photo: Inside a lab at a clinic in Tbilisi, Georgia, Doctor Jordan from Spain, is doing an artificial insemination into an egg that later will be planted into a Georgian surrogate mother. The country of Georgia has become a hub for the international surrogate industry, driven by the poverty of domestic surrogate mothers and the desire of foreign customers to have a child. (Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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NYC Marathon Preview Oct 29, 2026

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The New York City marathon is this Sunday, and it's the 50th anniversary of the five-borough version of the race. Rob Simmelkjaer, New York Road Runners CEO, talks about how the race has changed over the past half century, and what to know for this year if you are running or cheering.

Photo: Runners cross the Verrazano Bridge as they compete in the New York Marathon in New York on November 2, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Ballot Questions, Part 2 Oct 28, 2026

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Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, talks about the ballot initiatives that good-government groups disagree on, plus other information on voting.
Photo: Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ask Governor Sherrill: October Recap Oct 28, 2026

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Mike Hayes, WNYC/Gothamist New Jersey politics reporter and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023), recaps Michael Hill's conversation with New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
Photo: New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), casts her vote on November 4, 2025 in Montclair, New Jersey. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

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Israelis Turn Out to Vote Oct 28, 2026

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Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz senior analyst and columnist, political scientist and the author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled (De Gruyter, 2023), talks about the results so far in Israel's election, the first since the October 7, 2023 attacks and the years of war that followed.
Photo: A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, during the general elections on October 27, 2026. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Who Does the Chores at an Airbnb? Oct 28, 2026

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Caroline Haskins, staff writer for the business desk at WIRED, where she covers Silicon Valley, surveillance, and labor, reports on a new Airbnb rule change that bars hosts from requiring certain household chores at checkout, and listeners weigh in.
Photo: Linda Merlo, an airbnb host from the Bronx, speaks at a rally on the steps of New York City Hall. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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30 Issues in 30 Days: The Suozzi-LiPetri Race in NY-3 Oct 27, 2026

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Larry Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, talks about the issues at play in the race between incumbent Democrat Tom Suozzi and his Republican challenger, Mike LiPetri, in New York's 3rd Congressional district, plus Levy and Chris Niedt, professor of applied social research in the department of sociology, criminology, and anthropology at Hofstra University and academic director of the National Center for Suburban Studies, explain what their new poll found on suburban voters' political values and enthusiasm levels.
Photo: Voting signs are seen outside city hall for New York's 3rd Congressional District special election in Glen Cove, N.Y. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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