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Impeachment: Legal Guide

10.14.2019

Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law School professor and the author of Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide (Penguin Books, 2019), and Henry Greenberg, president of the New York State Bar Association and partner at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, discuss the legal issues surrounding impeachment.

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10.11.2019 How Trump Won the Republican Civil War Tim Alberta, chief political correspondent for Politico Magazine and the author of American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump (Harper, 2019), talks about the political news of the day and ...
10.11.2019 Giuliani's Business Associates Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC News, and Philip Bump, The Washington Post national correspondent, discuss the latest news including the arrest of two associates of President Trump’s personal lawyer, who were also part of the ...
10.11.2019 And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes To… Dan Kurtz-Phelan, executive editor of Foreign Affairs and Eyder Peralta, NPR's East-Africa correspondent, discuss the recipient of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Plus much more.
10.11.2019 #AskTheMayor: Borough-Based Jails Vote Ahead Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including the upcoming vote on approving four borough-based jail facilities that will replace Rikers Island Correctional facility for good.
10.10.2019 There's a New Apple in Town Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful, describes how the apple industry manufactures apple varieties, and introduces a new apple on the market (20 years in the making). Plus your calls on your favorite (and least favorite) apples.
10.10.2019 Rezoning and the future of Harlem Elizabeth Kim, senior editor for the Gothamist, talks about a Harlem zoning plan which, as she reports, is making residents anxious about gentrification and the future of Harlem as the epicenter of black American culture.
10.10.2019 A President "Above the Law" James B. Stewart, a columnist at The New York Times, staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law,draws on documents and interviews with FBI, Justice Department, and White ...
10.10.2019 The Making of Brett Kavanaugh This week marks the one-year anniversary of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice, and the start of the new session. New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly talk about his life and his confirmation process and their ...
10.10.2019 The Cambridge Analytica Whistle-Blower Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower from inside Cambridge Analytica, and author of Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America, talks about his new book, promising revelations about partisan data misuse.
10.09.2019 New Rent Laws Expected to Worsen Rent Overcharge Backlog Josefa Velasquez, senior reporter for The City, and Aaron Carr, founder and executive director of the Housing Rights Initiative, talk about the backlog at DHCR in investigating rent overcharge claims, which has only gotten worse since the new rent reform ...
10.09.2019 Almost Time to Vote: When and On What With New York's new early voting, you don't have to wait until November to cast your ballot on the proposed charter revisions. Gail Benjamin, chair of the 2019 NYC Charter Revision Commission and former director of the New York City ...
10.09.2019 Breast Cancer in America Kate Pickert, journalism professor at Loyola Marymount University, former staff writer for Time Magazine, and the author of Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America, shares her survival story and reports on the scientific advances and ...
10.09.2019 Turkey, Syria and the Trump Administration Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs writer for The Washington Post, talks about the rising tensions in the Middle East as Turkey weighs potentially invading Syria. Watching the US relationship with the Kurds since the first Gulf War has been very embarrassing, ...
10.08.2019 Impeachment Inquiry Updates Wendy Sherman, former U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, professor of practice and public leadership and director of Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership and author of Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and ...
10.08.2019 Social Media: The Wisdom and the Wiseguys Andrew Marantz, editorial staffer at The New Yorker and the author of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation, tells the story of the development of social media with its promise of democratizing the media and ...
10.08.2019 Preet Bharara's Task Force Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and host of the podcast “Stay Tuned With Preet,” discusses the work of the National Task Force on Rule of Law & Democracy that calls on Congress to ...
10.08.2019 How New York's Taxi Industry Destroyed Chicago's Brian Rosenthal, investigative reporter on the Metro Desk at The New York Times, talks about his latest story on how New York taxi industry leaders seized control of Chicago's medallion market and left it in ruins.
10.07.2019 Advice for Working Couples Drawing on interviews and academic research Jennifer Petriglieri, assistant professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France, and the author of Couples That Work: How To Thrive in Love and Work (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019), shares ...
10.07.2019 How New Jersey's Political Machine Really Works Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, talks about the out-sized political influence of the Norcross family, and how tax breaks that were supposed to benefit one of the state's poorest cities, Camden, ended up benefiting George Norcross ...
10.07.2019 Gun Control, Abortion, DACA: What to Expect From The Supreme Court 2019-20 Term Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered, previews the new Supreme Court term, which could prove far-reaching with cases involving gun control, abortion, L.G.B.T. rights and immigration.
10.07.2019 Monday Morning Politics: Multiple Whistleblowers, The GOP Spin Machine, Returning to the Tax Returns Jeff Mason, Reuters White House correspondent, discusses the latest national political headlines. Up first Monday Morning Politics with @Reuters reporter @jeffmason1, who was yelled at by the president last week for asking too many questions about the Ukraine phone call.But ...
10.04.2019 Brian Lehrer Weekend: Affirmative Action at Harvard & Amber Guyger's Trial; Unintended Consequences and the Pill; UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Affirmative Action at Harvard & Amber Guyger's Trial (First) \| Unintended Consequences and the Pill (at 22:25) \| UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins (at 40:31) If you ...
10.04.2019 What Happens After Maternity Leave? Pamela Stone, sociology professor at Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, author of Opting Out and co-author of Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work (University of California Press, 2019), and Meg Lovejoy, a sociologist ...
10.04.2019 Empathy for the Devil? Playwright Will Arbery and director Danya Taymor talk about their new play "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," which explores the playwright's upbringing among religiously and politically conservative Catholics and how far to take empathy for those with whom you disagree.
10.04.2019 Fact-Checking President Trump's Dishonest Biden Claims Salvador Rizzo, Reporter for The Fact Checker at The Washington Post, separates fact from fiction from the President's wild claims about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings.
10.04.2019 A Conversation With Presidential Candidate Governor Bullock Steve Bullock, governor of Montana (D), talks about his campaign. I would be so excited to support Bullock in a run for Senate, especially as SCOTUS threatens to shred Roe V Wade over the next year. — Seth Matthew (@sethmpk) ...
10.04.2019 #AsktheMayor: NYC Care, Domestic Violence, Medallion Value, Rikers Closing, 14th Street, Trees Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. "Can you help us get our cooking gas back on," Mr. Mayor? asks @BrianLehrer caller."I believe I can," says Bill de Blasio. — ...
10.03.2019 Harvard's Affirmative Action & Amber Guyger Sentence Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered , discusses the ruling in the Harvard admissions policy lawsuit. Plus the Amber Guyger trial in Texas.
10.03.2019 What Do We Learn from Those Harassment Training Videos? According to new state laws, all New York employees must complete sexual harassment training by October 9th. With the deadline approaching, Andrew Rawson, chief learning officer of Traliant training company, talks about what harassment training videos can accomplish in the ...
10.03.2019 This Year's New Yorker Festival David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, staff writer and host of the New Yorker Radio Hour, previews the 20th annual New Yorker Festival and the lineup of artists, writers, and actors - plus talks about the news of the ...
10.03.2019 Impeachment: White House Subpoenas Scott R. Anderson, senior fellow with the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School, fellow at the Brookings Institution, and senior editor at Lawfare, discusses the latest in impeachment news as Congress moves to issue subpoenas to the White ...
10.02.2019 Are Millennials Aging Out of Cities? The Wall Street Journal recently reported on new census data showing populations declines for the 25-39 year-olds in cities, including NYC. Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic talks about the demographic change, its causes and effects and listeners share ...
10.02.2019 Unintended Consequences and the Pill Beyond the well-known benefits and risks of birth control pills, Sarah Hill, evolutionary psychology researcher, professor at Texas Christian University and the author of This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law ...
10.02.2019 Trump, Inc.: Biden, Trump, Ukraine Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, co-hosts of the Trump, Inc. podcast at WNYC, discuss the newest episode of the show.
10.02.2019 Impeachment So Far: Can Pompeo Do That? Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and ...
10.01.2019 Negotiating the End of Rikers Elizabeth Glazer, director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, talks about the final negotiations before the City Council votes on the plans to replace Rikers Island with borough-based jails.
10.01.2019 Navigating the Investigations into the Trump White House Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post Congressional reporter and Quinta Jurecic, managing editor of Lawfare focusing on national security, discuss the latest developments in the investigations into President Donald Trump’s administration.
10.01.2019 Representative Malinowski on Ukraine Inquiry U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (D NJ-7), who also served as assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Obama administration, talks about the impeachment inquiry.
10.01.2019 UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins Michael D. Higgins, president of Ireland, talks about the just-concluded UNGA gathering and Ireland's concerns on global issues like climate change and refugees.
09.30.2019 Helium Shortage: It's Not Just About Balloons Claire Maldarelli, associate editor at Popular Science magazine, talks about the shortage of helium that's made lighter-than-air balloons hard to come by, but also has implications for healthcare and space exploration. Segment now @BrianLehrer on how deregulation of helium supplies ...
09.30.2019 Trump Administration's Refugee Admissions Plummet Nicole Narea, immigration reporter at Vox, and Barbara Strack, former chief of Refugee Affairs Division at US Citizenship and Immigration Service at the Department of Homeland Security, discuss the latest news that the United States is slated to accept 18,000 ...
09.30.2019 City Council Takes Action to Address Retail Vacancies Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist reporter talks about what actions the City Council is taking to address the new report which shows retail vacancies to have risen dramatically over the last 10 years.
09.30.2019 How Canada Does the Carbon Tax Kathryn Harrison, professor of political science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, explains Canada's carbon tax and how it differs from other countries' carbon taxes.
09.30.2019 Monday Morning Politics with Elaina Plott Elaina Plott, White House correspondent for The Atlantic, discusses the latest political headlines.
09.27.2019 Brian Lehrer Weekend: #CoveringClimateNow: Wrapping Up the #PlasticChallenge; The Myth of Gendered Brains; 'Hustlers' the Movie: It's Real Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. #CoveringClimateNow: Wrapping Up the #PlasticChallenge (First) \| The Myth of Gendered Brains (at 29:03) \| 'Hustlers' the Movie: It's Real (at 39:36) If you don't subscribe to ...
09.27.2019 Whistleblowers 101 Allison Stanger, professor of international politics and economics at Middlebury College, New America Cybersecurity Fellow, external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and the author of Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump (Yale University Press, 2019), discusses the ...
09.27.2019 #MeToo and 'She Said' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, The New York Times correspondents and the co-authors of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Penguin Press, 2019) talk about their book, building on their original reporting that broke ...
09.27.2019 What the Whistleblower Alleges Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post White House reporter, talks about the latest news around the whistleblower allegation leveled against President Trump which claim the president used his office to get Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election -- and that ...
09.27.2019 #AsktheMayor: Lead, Cycling, Zoning, ConEd, IDNYC and Nightlife Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
09.25.2019 POTUS and the Ukraine Transcript Robin Wright foreign affairs analyst and writer for The New Yorker, discusses this week's U.N. General Assembly.

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The Brian Lehrer Show episodes:

How Trump Won the Republican Civil War

Giuliani's Business Associates Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges

And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes To…

#AskTheMayor: Borough-Based Jails Vote Ahead

There's a New Apple in Town

Rezoning and the future of Harlem

A President "Above the Law"

The Making of Brett Kavanaugh

The Cambridge Analytica Whistle-Blower

New Rent Laws Expected to Worsen Rent Overcharge Backlog

Almost Time to Vote: When and On What

Breast Cancer in America

Turkey, Syria and the Trump Administration

Impeachment Inquiry Updates

Social Media: The Wisdom and the Wiseguys

Preet Bharara's Task Force

How New York's Taxi Industry Destroyed Chicago's

Advice for Working Couples

How New Jersey's Political Machine Really Works

Gun Control, Abortion, DACA: What to Expect From The Supreme Court 2019-20 Term

Monday Morning Politics: Multiple Whistleblowers, The GOP Spin Machine, Returning to the Tax Returns

Brian Lehrer Weekend: Affirmative Action at Harvard & Amber Guyger's Trial; Unintended Consequences and the Pill; UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins

What Happens After Maternity Leave?

Empathy for the Devil?

Fact-Checking President Trump's Dishonest Biden Claims

A Conversation With Presidential Candidate Governor Bullock

#AsktheMayor: NYC Care, Domestic Violence, Medallion Value, Rikers Closing, 14th Street, Trees

Harvard's Affirmative Action & Amber Guyger Sentence

What Do We Learn from Those Harassment Training Videos?

This Year's New Yorker Festival

Impeachment: White House Subpoenas

Are Millennials Aging Out of Cities?

Unintended Consequences and the Pill

Trump, Inc.: Biden, Trump, Ukraine

Impeachment So Far: Can Pompeo Do That?

Negotiating the End of Rikers

Navigating the Investigations into the Trump White House

Representative Malinowski on Ukraine Inquiry

UNGA: Irish President Michael Higgins

Helium Shortage: It's Not Just About Balloons

Trump Administration's Refugee Admissions Plummet

City Council Takes Action to Address Retail Vacancies

How Canada Does the Carbon Tax

Monday Morning Politics with Elaina Plott

Brian Lehrer Weekend: #CoveringClimateNow: Wrapping Up the #PlasticChallenge; The Myth of Gendered Brains; 'Hustlers' the Movie: It's Real

Whistleblowers 101

#MeToo and 'She Said'

What the Whistleblower Alleges

#AsktheMayor: Lead, Cycling, Zoning, ConEd, IDNYC and Nightlife

POTUS and the Ukraine Transcript

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