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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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RFK Jr. Fires Vaccine Advisory Committee Jun 11, 2025

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The U.S. Health Secretary, RFK Jr., announced he was dismissing all the members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee. Katelyn Jetelina, founder and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about what RFK Jr. says are his goals, and what the consequences might be.

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Mapping the Stars Jun 10, 2025

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Jackie Faherty, astrophysicist and science educator at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about a new show at Hayden Planetarium that draws on new data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission to map the galaxy and our place in it.
→ Encounters in the Milky Way

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Primary Day in New Jersey: Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Poll Jun 10, 2025

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Callers share their ballot choices in today's New Jersey's gubernatorial primaries.

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Climate Change Trade-Offs Jun 10, 2025

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Paula DiPerna, author of Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets (Wiley, 2023) and board chair of the group Humanity Insured US, responds to Friday's exchange with Oren Cass on the economic impact of climate change vs. the impact on jobs and prosperity.

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Biden and 2024 Jun 10, 2025

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Jake Tapper, lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent for CNN and co-author with Alex Thompson of Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again (Penguin Press, 2025), talks about his new book that looks back at the Democrats' loss in 2024 and how it happened.

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What the Next Dark Ages Could Look Like Jun 09, 2025

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Cullen Murphy, editor at large at The Atlantic, discusses his latest article on how the acceleration of privatization across the U.S. government may signal the country's move towards a form of government that resembles the feudalism of the Middle Ages.

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The National Guard in Los Angeles Jun 09, 2025

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President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to suppress demonstrations against immigration raids in Los Angeles. Leah Litman, professor of law at the University of Michigan and a former Supreme Court clerk, co-host of the podcast "Strict Scrutiny" and the author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2025), offers legal analysis.

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New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primary Key Issues Jun 09, 2025

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Nancy Solomon, WNYC reporter and host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, breaks down the key issues as New Jersey voters head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes for the gubernatorial primaries.

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End of Session in Albany Jun 09, 2025

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Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about what lawmakers are up to as the end of the legislative session in Albany approaches, including the "Medical Aid in Dying" bill which passed the Assembly and is up for a vote in the State Senate today, plus other news from Albany.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Trans Women and Girls in Sport; Mayoral Debate Recap; Cancer Research Jun 07, 2025

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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

Katie Barnes, award-winning LGBTQ sports journalist, on trans women and girls in sport (First) | A recap of the first NYC mayoral debate (Starts at 47:30) | A 100-year history of Cancer research in the United States (Starts at 1:25:10)

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