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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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New Jersey 11th Primary Preview Feb 02, 2026

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Early voting is underway in the primary to fill now-Governor Sherrill's seat in Congress. Mike Hayes, WNYC/Gothamist New Jersey politics reporter and the author of The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform (Kingston Imperial, 2023), runs through the many candidates and their bases of support, ahead of the election on Thursday.

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Trump Ends Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the US Feb 02, 2026

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President Trump is revoking Temporary Protected Status from Haitians in the United States, putting them at risk of deportation to a country experiencing unprecedented violence and a political crisis. Macollvie Neel, special projects editor at The Haitian Times, discusses the looming uncertainty for the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who will be affected.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: One Month of Mayor Mamdani; How AI is Changing Medicine; A History of General Strikes Jan 31, 2026

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

One Month of Mayor Mamdani (First) | How AI is Changing Medicine (Starts at 39:32) | A History of General Strikes (Starts at 1:09:33)

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A History of General Strikes Jan 30, 2026

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Eric Blanc, assistant professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University, author of several books including We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big (University of California Press, 2025) and author of the Substack newsletter Labor Politics, talks about the history of general strikes, and what makes them effective, and listeners call in if they are participating in Friday's general strike.

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Friday Morning Politics: Trump and Senate Democrats Reach A Deal on Government Funding Jan 30, 2026

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President Donald Trump and Democrats say they have reached a deal to avert a partial government shutdown. Siobhan Hughes, a reporter covering Congress in The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau, talks about the latest and whether Republicans will agree to limit funding and impose restrictions on the Department of Homeland Security.

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Your 'Cozy' Hobbies Jan 30, 2026

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As the cold snap continues and the piles of snow linger, listeners share if they've taken up a hobby appropriate to the season.

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One Month of Mayor Mamdani Jan 30, 2026

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Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter talks about Mayor Mamdani's first month in office, including challenges like this week's big snowstorm and a major budget crisis.

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Thursday Morning Politics: Republicans Speaking Out Against Pres. Trump Jan 29, 2026

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Russell Berman, a staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about how Republicans in Congress are speaking out against the deportation operation (and the fatal shootings), in a rare intra-party rebuke to President Trump, and what this might signal ahead of this year's midterm elections.

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How AI is Changing Medicine Jan 29, 2026

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Lloyd Minor, M.D., dean of Stanford University School of Medicine and VP of medical affairs at Stanford University, talks about the big changes artificial intelligence is bringing to research and health care, especially related to cancer and chronic diseases, and shares how Stanford is training physicians to use AI.

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Nostalgia for 2016? Jan 29, 2026

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Nostalgia for 2016 is a trend on social media this month, so we ask our listeners to reflect on the recent past. Are you nostalgic for 2016?

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