Podcast Episodes

Your Top Three Mayoral Election Issues

Episode 1395

As early voting in the Democratic mayoral primary is underway, listeners share their top three issues, and their top candidate or candidates. 

Published on 6 months ago

Treating HIV/AIDS Abroad Without US Aid and PEPFAR

Episode 1392

Jon Cohen, senior correspondent with Science, reports on how countries that suffer high rates of HIV/AIDS are coping now that USAID funding has dried up, and how local governments, especially in plac…

Published on 6 months ago

The Mayoral Candidates and Public Health

Episode 1393

Marisa Donnelly, PhD, New York correspondent for Your Local Epidemiologist, talks about the various public health policies the mayoral candidates support, and what the mayor can do about public healt…

Published on 6 months ago

The NYC Mayoral Candidates on Climate

Episode 1394

Julie Tighe, president of New York League of Conservation Voters, and Keanu Arpels-Josiah, climate justice organizer with Fridays for Future NYC, talks about the mayoral candidates' positions on clim…

Published on 6 months ago

Monday Morning Primary Campaign Politics

Episode 1387

Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, offers analysis of the …

Published on 6 months ago

The Rights of Rivers

Episode 1389

Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at the University of Cambridge and the author of several books, including Underland and his new one, Is a River Alive? (W. W. Norton & Company, 2025), talks about the new …

Published on 6 months ago

Monday Morning Politics: No More Kings Protests; Minnesota Lawmakers Shot

Episode 1390

Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of a weekly column on life in Washington, and the host of the Political Scene podcast, talks about the latest national political news, includi…

Published on 6 months ago

The Mayoral Candidates Debate About Housing

Episode 1388

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, offers analysis of the housing plans the mayoral candidates discussed in last week's Spectrum News NY1 debate.

Published on 6 months ago

Brian Lehrer Weekend: New Jersey Results; Gay Restaurants; Mapping the Stars

Episode 1391

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

New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primary Results (First) | The Gay Restaurants That Nurtured LGBTQ Americans (Starts at 45:00) | Mappin…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

NYC Mayoral Primary Debate: Traffic and Pedestrian Safety

Episode 1386

An extended excerpt from Thursday's debate between the leading Democrats running for the mayoral nomination. In this last section of the debate, the candidates discuss traffic and pedestrian safety.

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago