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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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Paul Krugman on Tariffs Mar 06, 2025

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Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, former New York Times columnist now on Substack, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of (now in paperback) Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), offers his take on Pres. Trump's trade policy.

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Travel Advice: How to Budget for Travel Mar 06, 2025

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Throughout this pledge drive, we're ending the show each day with travel tips. Today, Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for The Washington Post, offers advice for budgeting for travel to make it affordable and wallet-friendly.

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Bracing for Federal Cuts to NYC Housing Mar 06, 2025

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David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on how the prospect of federal cuts to housing programs may affect New York City, plus other related housing news, on rising insurance costs and security deposits.

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Microplastics and Health Mar 06, 2025

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A new study found that the human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of microplastics. Carolyn Kormann, writer with The New Yorker and New York Magazine, breaks down her latest reporting for New York Magazine, which shows that the amount of microplastics in the human body has been increasing over the past few decades, and explains what that means for health and how to minimize exposure.

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10 Question Quiz: American History Mar 06, 2025

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Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today's topic is American history.

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Reporters Ask the Mayor: Adams Testifies in Congress, Cuomo enters Mayoral Race Mar 05, 2025

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Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's entrance into the mayoral primary.

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The Points Guy's Travel Advice: Healthy Travel Mar 05, 2025

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Throughout this pledge drive, Brian Kelly, founder of the travel site The Points Guy and the author of How to Win at Travel (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2025), shares advice on how to optimize your travel plans. Today, he shares advice on how to stay healthy when traveling, and how to cope with a fear of flying.

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President Trump's Speech to Congress Mar 05, 2025

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Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), offers analysis, and fact-checking, of President Trump's speech to Congress.

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On the Democratic Response Mar 05, 2025

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Kadia Goba, congressional reporter for Semafor, provides her analysis of the official Democratic response to Pres. Trump's speech, from Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, as well as how Democrats in the chamber for the president's speech responded.

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10 Question Quiz: True or False Mar 05, 2025

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Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today: true or false?

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