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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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Special Coverage: Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing Jan 14, 2025

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Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's 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), discusses the confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.

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Special Coverage: Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing Continues Jan 14, 2025

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Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, future security fellow at New American and the author of several books, including Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump (Princeton University Press, 2021), continues with analysis of the confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.

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Sen. Wyden on Fighting for Change Jan 13, 2025

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Ron Wyden, U.S. senator (D OR) and the author of It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change (Grand Central, 2025), talks about his new book and how he'll work with the new Republican majority in the Senate.

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100 Years of 100 Things: The Great Gatsby Jan 13, 2025

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As our centennial series continues, Maureen Corrigan, book critic for Fresh Air, Georgetown professor and the author of So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures (Hachette, 2014) looks at the 1925 publication of the novel, The Great Gatsby, and why it continues to resonate with readers one hundred years later.

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Meet the NJ Gov Candidates: State Sen. Jon Bramnick Jan 13, 2025

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Ahead of the Republican primary, Jon Bramnick, NJ state senator (R Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties) and attorney, talks about his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey and current state politics.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: The First Week of Congestion Pricing; Left & Right on the Transition; 100 Years of 100 Things: Modernism Jan 11, 2025

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

MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of Congestion Pricing (First) | Views From the Left & Right on the Transition (Starts at 43:49) | 100 Years of 100 Things: Modernism (Starts at 1:30:25)

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MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of Congestion Pricing Jan 10, 2025

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John "Janno" Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), talks about the first week of congestion pricing and other transit news.

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Anti-Social Americans Jan 10, 2025

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Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, author of the "Work in Progress" newsletter and host of the podcast Plain English, and the author, with Ezra Klein, of Abundance (Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 2025), talks about his latest reporting on how many Americans are spending more alone time than ever before, and how it impacts their personalities — and politics. Plus, listeners call in to share how the pandemic has changed their social lives.

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The State of the City Analysis Jan 10, 2025

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Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC creator and co-host, Daily News columnist, editor at The City, and Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024), talk about Thursday's State of the City address by Mayor Eric Adams.

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Listeners Remember President Jimmy Carter Jan 09, 2025

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As funeral proceedings continue over the course of six days, listeners call in with their eulogies for the late former president Jimmy Carter.

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