Latest Lehre Podcast Episodes
Congressman (and Candidate) Bowman's Stance on the Israel-Hamas War
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 17, 2024 18:19 - 19 minutesThe Israel-Hamas War is a New York Democratic Primary issue. On today's show: Congressman (and Candidate) Jamaal Bowman (D-NY16) discusses his stance.
How the G7 Summit is the "Hottest Club" for World Leaders
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 14, 2024 19:16 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsWorld leaders of the G7 are flocking to Italy for the annual G7 Summit, and so are world leaders from everywhere else. On today's show: Susan Glasser, 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 ...
How the G7 Summit is the "Hottest Club" for World Leaders
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 14, 2024 19:16 - 25 minutesWorld leaders of the G7 are flocking to Italy for the annual G7 Summit, and so are world leaders from everywhere else. On today's show: Susan Glasser, 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 ...
A Presidential Polling Update, And SCOTUS's Mifepristone Decision
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 13, 2024 18:11 - 21 minutesDuring today's live show, news broke that the Supreme Court upheld the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a medical abortion drug. On Today's Show: Listeners reflect on the news, and Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of "The Campaign Moment" newsletter for The Washington Post, shar...
A Presidential Polling Update, And SCOTUS's Mifepristone Decision
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 13, 2024 18:11 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsDuring today's live show, news broke that the Supreme Court upheld the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a medical abortion drug. On Today's Show: Listeners reflect on the news, and Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of "The Campaign Moment" newsletter for The Washington Post, shar...
The Israel/Hamas War As A NY Democratic Primary Issue
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 12, 2024 18:24 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsThe conflict Gaza has created divisions within the Democratic party over human rights, and support for Israel. On Today's Show: George Latimer, Westchester County Executive challenging U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D, NY 16) in the New York State's June 25th primary, talks about his primary campaign...
The Israel/Hamas War As A NY Democratic Primary Issue
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 12, 2024 18:24 - 21 minutesThe conflict Gaza has created divisions within the Democratic party over human rights, and support for Israel. On Today's Show: George Latimer, Westchester County Executive challenging U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D, NY 16) in the New York State's June 25th primary, talks about his primary campaign...
George Packer on Phoenix as a Bellweather For Us All
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 11, 2024 17:38 - 24 minutesWhat makes a particular city in Arizona a good indicator of the future of both American democracy, as well as the climate crisis? On Today's Show: George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), reports ...
George Packer on Phoenix as a Bellweather For Us All
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 11, 2024 17:38 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsWhat makes a particular city in Arizona a good indicator of the future of both American democracy, as well as the climate crisis? On Today's Show: George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), reports ...
Defending the Influx of Migrants
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 10, 2024 19:56 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsLast week, President Biden issued an executive order that prevents migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border when crossings surge. On today's show: Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), explains his opposition to the executive order and argu...
Defending the Influx of Migrants
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 10, 2024 19:56 - 21 minutesLast week, President Biden issued an executive order that prevents migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border when crossings surge. On today's show: Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), explains his opposition to the executive order and argu...
Tracie McMillan on Her Life’s “White Bonus”
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 07, 2024 19:04 - 21 minutesA new book explores attempts to put a price on whiteness, based on explorations of generational wealth and experience. On Today's Show: Tracie McMillan, journalist, former managing editor of City Limits and the author of The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America (Mc...
Tracie McMillan on Her Life’s “White Bonus”
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 07, 2024 19:04 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsA new book explores attempts to put a price on whiteness, based on explorations of generational wealth and experience. On Today's Show: Tracie McMillan, journalist, former managing editor of City Limits and the author of The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America (Mc...
On D-Day, Europe is Freaking Out About a Second Trump Term
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 06, 2024 16:33 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsEuropean officials are reportedly convinced that former president Trump Trump is going to win the election in November. On Today's Show: McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Romney: A Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2023), shares his reporting, and why some foreign leaders...
On D-Day, Europe is Freaking Out About a Second Trump Term
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 06, 2024 16:33 - 22 minutesEuropean officials are reportedly convinced that former president Trump Trump is going to win the election in November. On Today's Show: McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Romney: A Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2023), shares his reporting, and why some foreign leaders...
Biden's Political Calculations On The Border, Cease Fire And More
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 05, 2024 18:14 - 20 minutesPresident Biden's executive action on the southern border, his son's trial and the latest on the role of the U.S. in cease fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. On Today's Show: Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big...
Biden's Political Calculations On The Border, Cease Fire And More
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 05, 2024 18:14 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsPresident Biden's executive action on the southern border, his son's trial and the latest on the role of the U.S. in cease fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. On Today's Show: Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big...
Progressives Aim to Expand Rights Through States
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 04, 2024 19:10 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsAfter Dobbs and other Supreme Court decisions that restrict certain rights at the federal level, are there strategies for progressives to codify those rights at the state level? On Today's Show: Eyal Press, contributing writer at The New Yorker and the author of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and t...
Progressives Aim to Expand Rights Through States
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 04, 2024 19:10 - 22 minutesAfter Dobbs and other Supreme Court decisions that restrict certain rights at the federal level, are there strategies for progressives to codify those rights at the state level? On Today's Show: Eyal Press, contributing writer at The New Yorker and the author of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and t...
Trump v. Biden: Trials & TikTok
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 03, 2024 18:38 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsBoth parties try to maximize the political advantage of Donald Trump's guilty verdicts in the Manhattan trial, as jury selection starts in the Hunter Biden case in federal court. On Today's Show: Jill Colvin, national political reporter for the Associated Press, talks about the political i...
Trump v. Biden: Trials & TikTok
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 03, 2024 18:38 - 22 minutesBoth parties try to maximize the political advantage of Donald Trump's guilty verdicts in the Manhattan trial, as jury selection starts in the Hunter Biden case in federal court. On Today's Show: Jill Colvin, national political reporter for the Associated Press, talks about the political i...
Andrea Bernstein on Covering The Trump Trial and What Comes Next
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 31, 2024 17:12 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsYesterday afternoon, former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. On Today's Show: Andrea Bernstein, journalist reporting on Trump legal matters for NPR, host of many podcasts including "Will be Wild" and "Trump, Inc." and the author of Ame...
Andrea Bernstein on Covering The Trump Trial and What Comes Next
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 31, 2024 17:12 - 38 minutesYesterday afternoon, former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. On Today's Show: Andrea Bernstein, journalist reporting on Trump legal matters for NPR, host of many podcasts including "Will be Wild" and "Trump, Inc." and the author of Ame...
What The Trump Jurors Want To Hear Again
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 30, 2024 17:41 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsDonald Trump's hush money case is currently being deliberated by the jurors after hearing weeks of arguments. On Today's Show: Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office, co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Hist...
What The Trump Jurors Want To Hear Again
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 30, 2024 17:41 - 22 minutesDonald Trump's hush money case is currently being deliberated by the jurors after hearing weeks of arguments. On Today's Show: Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office, co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Hist...
Biden In Philly vs. Trump In The Bronx
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 29, 2024 19:32 - 23 minutesPresidential polls showing a decline in popularity since 2020 for Pres. Biden among younger voters, as well as Black and Latino voters -- traditionally groups that vote for Democrats. On Today's Show: Eric Levitz, senior correspondent at Vox, shares his theory behind the change and the role tr...
Biden In Philly vs. Trump In The Bronx
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 29, 2024 19:32 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsPresidential polls showing a decline in popularity since 2020 for Pres. Biden among younger voters, as well as Black and Latino voters -- traditionally groups that vote for Democrats. On Today's Show: Eric Levitz, senior correspondent at Vox, shares his theory behind the change and the role tr...
Did Trump and Big Oil Make a Billion Dollar Deal?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 28, 2024 18:43 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsFormer president Trump is reportedly offering a 'deal to big oil companies that could save industry $110 billion in exchange for campaign donations. On Today's Show: Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US, shares her investigative series on "Big Oil," including debunking...
Did Trump and Big Oil Make a Billion Dollar Deal?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 28, 2024 18:43 - 19 minutesFormer president Trump is reportedly offering a 'deal to big oil companies that could save industry $110 billion in exchange for campaign donations. On Today's Show: Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US, shares her investigative series on "Big Oil," including debunking...
Why The Supreme Court Smiles On Partisan Gerrymandering
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - May 24, 2024 19:07 - 21 minutesThe Supreme Court issued a ruling that will allow a gerrymander in South Carolina to stand, on the basis that it was done for partisan, not racial, reasons. On Today's Show: Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will ...