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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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Monday Morning Politics: Midterms Ramp Up Sep 14, 2026

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Stephen Fowler, political reporter with NPR's Washington desk, and Lisa Lerer, national political reporter for The New York Times, talk about the politics of the midterm elections, after Republicans held a convention.

Photo: President Donald Trump greets supporters at the 2026 Republican National Convention on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Tex. (Joel Angel Juárez/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Revoking TPS Comes at a Cost Sep 14, 2026

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New York State Assembly member Michaelle Solages (D - District 22, Valley Stream, North Valley Stream, Elmont, South Valley Stream, South Floral Park, Floral Park, the Village of Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, North Woodmere, Stewart Manor, and sections of Franklin Square), discusses some constituent and community concerns around the Trump administration's decision to revoke temporary protected status for Haitians in the United States. Plus, Todd Schulte, president of the advocacy group FWD.us, discusses the real economic costs of Trump's TPS decision and why he believes TPS holders from Haiti and El Salvador "make the the U.S. stronger"

Photo: A person wears a dress about Temporary Protected Status (TPS) during the annual West Indian Day Parade on September 7, 2026 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. This year's parade was held against the backdrop of Federal immigration enforcement intensifying against Caribbean and other Black immigrant communities, as Haitians lost their Temporary Protected Status. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

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The U.K. Sanctions Israeli Settlements Sep 14, 2026

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Daniel Levy, president of the U.S./Middle East Project and a former Israeli peace negotiator, talks about the United Kingdom's new sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Israel's retaliation, and what the rupture means for Washington and Israel's upcoming election.

Photo: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in Parliament Square in London, United Kingdom, on September 9, 2026. Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held banners urging the UK government to impose immediate diplomatic and economic sanctions on Israel, cut arms exports, and terminate bilateral military cooperation agreements. (Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Parks as a Means to Happiness Sep 14, 2026

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Adrian Benepe, managing director & chief development officer, Fort Tryon Park Conservancy, talks about the unique features of Fort Tryon Park, and the value of parks in general to our collective health and happiness.

Photo: People enjoy Brooklyn's Prospect Park as trees near their peak autumn foliage on October 27, 2022 in New York City. New York's foliage, especially trees upstate, are reaching their full fall colors in the coming days. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Islamophobia, Measles and Arturo O'Farrill Sep 12, 2026

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

Islamophobia, Then and Now (First) | The CDC and Measles Deaths (Starts at 24:58) | Arturo O'Farrill Brings Music to Schools (Starts at 52:10)

Photo: Children counter-protesting a rally organized by people opposed to Park51, the so-called Ground Zero mosque, Sunday, August 22, 2010. (Photo by: David Shankbone)

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9/11, 25 Years Later: City Records Sep 11, 2026

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Gale Brewer, NYC Council Member (District 6, Central Park, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Clinton), former Manhattan Borough President, and Benjamin Chevat, executive director of 9/11 Health Watch, talk about the Mamdani administration's release of city documents related to the health effects of 9/11.

Photo: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on the release of 9/11 related documents at City Hall on September 08, 2026 in New York City. Mayor Mamdani was joined by elected officials, first responders, family members of loved ones affected by 9/11 related illnesses and advocates as he announced the release of previously unseen documents raising concerns about air quality in Manhattan in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The release resolves a lawsuit brought by advocacy group 9/11 Health Watch, which sued the city for the documents. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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9/11, 25 Years Later: The Far-Reaching Health Effects of 9/11 Sep 11, 2026

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Rebecca Florsheim, MD, MPH, environmental health physician at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the World Trade Center survivor's clinic, discusses the health effects of the September 11th terrorist attacks, still ongoing 25 years later.

Photo: Capt. John Gallagher, FDNY (Ret.), right, stands with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., during a news conference to urge passage of the "James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act" to address the long-standing health effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Nov. 18, 2009. Gallagher was a first responder to ground zero on 9/11 and now suffers from a terminal lung disease. (Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)

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9/11 25 Years Later: Remembering the Ordinary Americans Who Died on 9/11 Sep 11, 2026

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Mike Kelly, columnist for The Bergen Record / NorthJersey.com and author of After Ground Zero: Everyday Americans and the Unhealed Scars of 9/11 (Bloomsbury, 2026), tells the stories of ordinary Americans, including many from New Jersey, who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks, and talks about his related reporting at home and abroad over the past 25 years.

Photo: The Tribute in Light installation is tested over lower Manhattan in New York City on September 9, 2026, as seen from the "Empty Sky" 9/11 memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey. The twin beams shine from dusk on September 11 until dawn on September 12 every year. (Jeremy Weine/Getty Images)

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9/11 25 Years Later: Your Tributes to Everyday 9/11 Heroes Sep 11, 2026

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Listeners call in to pay tribute to the first responders and other people who put themselves in harm's way to save others on 9/11.

Photo: A victim of the World Trade Center attack is tended to by paramedics Septemeber 11, 2001 en route to the hospital in New York City. (Photo by Carolyn Schaefer/Getty Images)

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9/11, 25 Years Later: Hillary Clinton Sep 11, 2026

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. senator (D-NY, 2001-2009), first lady, secretary of state and the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party (2016), reflects on what's been learned in the 25 years since 9/11.

Photo: Six weeks after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, New York Senator Hillary Clinton joins family members of the dead for a memorial ceremony at Ground Zero, October 29, 2001 in New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

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