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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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GOP Bill Goes After Medicaid May 20, 2025

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On Sunday, House Republicans released their package of proposals that would cut federal spending on Medicaid and Obamacare. Frank Pallone, U.S. Representative (D NJ 6th), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, discusses what's in the bill, which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says would cause 8.6 million Americans to lose their health insurance.

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100 Years of 100 Things: New York Films May 19, 2025

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As our centennial series continues, James Sanders, architect, author, filmmaker, and co-writer with Ric Burns of the PBS series "New York: A Documentary Film" and its companion volume, New York: An Illustrated History (Knopf, 2021) and the author of Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies (Knopf, 2001), talks about the New York seen in films since the beginning of movie-making.

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10-Question Quiz: Who Said That? May 19, 2025

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Listeners listen to an iconic or otherwise interesting quote by a famous person in politics or from history and try to guess "who said that?"

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WNYC and Gothamist Get Pulitzer Recognition for Rikers Report May 19, 2025

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New York State's Adult Survivors Act brought a flood of lawsuits against the city by women who say they were abused at Rosie's (the women's jail) on Rikers Island. Jessy Edwards, writer and editor for Hell Gate, and Christopher Werth, senior editor at WNYC and Gothamist focusing on investigations, talk about their reporting on serial sexual abuse at the jail, which was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting.

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Supreme Court on Alien Enemies Act and More May 19, 2025

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Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019), offers legal analysis of the Supreme Court decision to continue to prohibit the Trump Administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, and shares her take on how the courts are limiting executive power (or not).

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Summer Culture Calendar: Outdoor Theater May 19, 2025

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Catch up with the summer cultural calendar with this pledge-drive miniseries. Today, Adam Feldman, national theater and dance editor and chief theater critic at Time Out New York, talks about the reopening of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park and other summer theater coming up this summer.

"Free outdoor theater this summer in New York" (TONY, 5/19/25)

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Citizenship Quiz: American History and Geography May 16, 2025

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In order to become a naturalized citizen of the United States, applicants must pass an oral civics exam. Listeners call in to try their hand at some of the questions on the test, related to American history and geography and symbols.

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Gary Cohen Previews the Subway Series May 16, 2025

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The Mets and the Yankees -- who both sit at the top of their respective divisions -- will meet for a subway series this week. Gary Cohen, Mets announcer, previews the games, and talks about what it's like calling games for the Mets, currently one of the best teams in baseball.

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Summer Culture Calendar: Art All Around May 16, 2025

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Catch up with the summer cultural calendar with this pledge-drive miniseries. Today, Ryan Kailath, WNYC/Gothamist arts and culture reporter, talks about some of the art on view this summer in local museums, galleries and public spaces.

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Jonathan Capehart's Self Discovery May 16, 2025

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Jonathan Capehart, associate editor at The Washington Post, co-host of the morning edition of The Weekend on MSNBC, contributor, PBS NewsHour and author of Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home (Grand Central Publishing, 2025), talks about his personal new book, which includes stories from his upbringing and his early career at WNYC, plus the latest national political news.

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