WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC, New York Public Radio cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events. Includes MP3 Podcast enclosure.
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Junior Senator (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)
Glenn Thrush, senior Congressional correspondent for Politico.com, talks about potential replacements for Hillary Clinton in the Senate, once she's confirmed as Secretary of State. Question of the Day: Who would you like to see replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate?
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The Dark Side of Black Friday (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)
Benjamin Barber, distinguished senior fellow at the New York think tank Demos and author of Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (Norton, 2007) discusses hyper consumerism and the need to return to basic civic values.
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Baby Blues (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)
Alex Kuczynski, New York Times style writer and the author of Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery (Doubleday, 2006), talks about her recent NYT Magazine article "Her Body, My Baby" and her experience having a child through a surrogate.
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Suite Deal (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)
WNYC reporter Matthew Schuerman updates the story of Bloomberg aides demanding free luxury suites and other perks at the new Yankee Stadium.
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Creative Capital (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)
Michael Kinsley, columnist for Time magazine, discusses his new book Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders (Simon & Schuster, 2008) .
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Reading is Fundamental (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 02 December 2008)
Erin Bauer, English and literacy educator, advisor, and senior advisor for graduation at the High School for Global Citizenship in Brooklyn and Dolores Perin, associate professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University's Teachers College talk about the issues raised in yesterdays Radio ...
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New Diplomat Corps Job One: India and Pakistan (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 01 December 2008)
Lane Greene, international correspondent for The Economist and Mira Kamdar, associate fellow at The Asia Society and the author of Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of Our World , discuss President-elect Obama's national security team and the last week's terror ...
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American Indian (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 01 December 2008)
The attacks in Mumbai have directly affected south Asian communities here in New York. Uma Mysorekar, president of the Hindu Temple Society of North America and Zeenat Rahman, coordinator of public affairs at Interfaith Youth Core discuss the reaction here at home. Then, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi David ...
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Live Coverage: Clinton as Secretary of State (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 01 December 2008)
Barack Obama announces his foreign policy team today, including Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Question of the Day: What does foreign policy change mean to you?
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On Fatherhood (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 01 December 2008)
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker staff writer, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, contributing editor to The Atlantic and author of The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood, talk about fatherhood in the age of Obama.
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Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 28 November 2008)
Unemployment during the Great Depression was 25 percent. So, just how does the current economic crisis stack up against history's other bubble-bursting periods? Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of ...
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Buy, Buy Baby (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 28 November 2008)
If you're a parent, you're probably no stranger to getting suckered by your kids. But according to Pamela Paul, author of Parenting, Inc. How We Are Sold on $800 Strollers, Fetal Education, Baby Sign Language, Sleeping Coaches, Toddler Couture and Diaper Wipe Warmers -- and What It Means for Our Chi ...
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Copyright Wars (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 28 November 2008)
Is the war on digital piracy killing creativity? Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law Professor and author of Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, argues that copyright laws are criminalizing artists and youth and are strangling creativity. He also discusses his effort to use the ne ...
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A Twittering Headache for Motrin (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 28 November 2008)
Over the course of an afternoon, Motrin's latest ad campaign was undone by tech-savvy mothers using twitter who were offended by the ad's tone. Virginia Heffernan, The Medium columnist for The New York Times Magazine, explains how new technology is changing the way consumers and companies interact.
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What's That Word? (The Brian Lehrer Show: Friday, 28 November 2008)
Thwart, Pickle, Fluffy: words that sound just right fascinate Joseph Bottum, contributing editor for The Weekly Standard and editor at First Things. He shares his favorites of such words, which he christens these agenbites, (pronounced again bites), and listeners weigh in with their own.
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Fab Cab Follow Up: Michael Pollan (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 27 November 2008)
Food writer Michael Pollan got numerous mentions for Agriculture Secretary in The Brian Lehrer Show Fab-Cab nomination process. He says government agricultural policy promotes a diet that makes us fat and sick, and discusses what food policy he'd like to see under the Obama administration.
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You're Getting Warmer (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 27 November 2008)
Gretchen Reynolds, contributing writer for The New York Times Sunday Sports magazine "Play," and writer of their Phys. Ed column, discusses why when it comes to stretching, you're probably doing it wrong, and the benefits of "Dynamic Stretching."
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This I Believe (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 27 November 2008)
Jay Allison, host and curator of This I Believe, joins us with new collected credos. Plus, listener credos read live on the air. Check out the new book, This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women.
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Dominican-American Gothic (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 27 November 2008)
Pulitzer prize-winning writer Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, talks about science fiction, parenting, and images of masculinity in Dominican culture.
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New York Boast (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 27 November 2008)
Chris Shaw, vice president of digital media for the New York Post, talks about Post headlines from over the years called Headless Body in Topless Bar: The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper.
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
