• Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

  • By: WNYC Studios
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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

By: WNYC Studios
  • Summary

  • Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.
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Episodes
  • If Poland Can Welcome A Million Migrants With Open Arms, What About Us?
    Sep 11 2023

    As the United States copes with new migrants and refugees from South and Central America, we look at how refugees from the war in Ukraine are being received around the world.

    On Today's Show:
    David Miliband, president and chief executive officer of the International Rescue Committee, talks about his recent trip to Ukraine and Poland and the refugee crisis that is a result of Russia's war in Ukraine.

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    21 mins
  • A Southern Take (Not South Bronx) On Hip Hop’s 50th
    Aug 11 2023

    Today marks the 50th anniversary of the 'Back To School Jam' in the Bronx that helped launch hip hop culture into global popularity.

    On Today's Show:
    Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor of hip-hop studies and digital media at Georgia Tech, explains the long relationship between hip hop, its artists, and politics.

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    21 mins
  • The March On Washington At 60 and the Ways We Use The Word 'Freedom'
    Aug 28 2023

    GOP candidates like to use the word "freedom" in their campaigns. On a key civil rights anniversary, we reflect on what 'freedom' means in 2023.

    On Today's Show:
    Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 (Flatiron Books, 2022), discuses the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s march on Washington, as well as the latest national political news, including the arrest and mug shot of former President Trump.

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    23 mins

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