Podcast Episodes

Princeton President Talks Campus Speech and Politics

Episode 1692

Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University and the author of Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right (Hachette, 2025), talks about issues of free speech and campus politics…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Covering Climate for a Spanish-Language Audience

Episode 1689

Vanessa Hauc, anchor and director of Noticias Telemundo’s environmental investigative unit, Planeta Tierra, and one of three winners of the Covering Climate Now Journalist of the Year award, talks ab…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The U.N. Talks Artificial Intelligence

Episode 1690

Vilas Dhar, president of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Body on AI, talks about the two new institutions created by the United Nations to study a…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Which Casinos Will Win Support?

Episode 1682

Nick Garber, politics reporter at Crain's New York Business, shares the latest on the competing downstate casino proposals, just after Steve Cohen's Willets Point casino proposal wins approval from i…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

30 Issues in 30 Days: Involuntary Hospitalization of Mentally Ill New Yorkers

Episode 1688

Brian Stettin, senior advisor on severe mental illness for the Office of the New York City Mayor, and Michael F. Hogan,  PhD, consultant at Hogan Health Solutions and New York State Commissioner of M…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Your Most and Least Favorite Seasons

Episode 1684

As fall has begun (not that you'd know it from the weather around here), listeners call in to share what their most and least favorite seasons are, and why.

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Big Changes Coming to the H-1B Visa Program

Episode 1687

Jorge Loweree, managing director of programs and strategy at the American Immigration Council, talks about the changes the Trump Administration has instituted for the H-1B visa program, and what it m…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mayor's Race Update: Eric Adams Withdraws

Episode 1686

Katie Honan, senior reporter at The City and co-host of the podcast FAQ NYC, talks about Mayor Adams' withdrawal from the mayor's race and how that affects the contest.

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

30 Issues in 30 Days: Taxing the Wealthy in New York State

Episode 1681

New York State Senator Jabari Brisport (D, WF, 25th Senate District), chair of Committee on Children And Families, and New York State Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny (R, C, Coney Island, Bay Ridge),…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Free Speech and Our Politics; Bill McKibben; Conversion

Episode 1685

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

One perspective on free speech in our politics, from Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression CEO Greg Lukianoff (First) |…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago